DAR0540

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 540, "Mascarene"

DAR Engine No. 540, probably built in November 1903, a D6d (Saxon). On record in MP14 1944 as a D.A.R. unit (1). According to the notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley, this engine was transferred back to the Ontario district in March of 1946.

A photo of No. 540, labelled "Mascarene", at Truro in D.A.R. livery exists in the Leon Barron collection on page 1121, dated April 13, 1940 at the Kings County Museum.

Gallery

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  Locomotive No. 540 arriving at Halifax pulling a passenger train, most likely Train No. 98, circa 1935.

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  Locomotive No. 540 arriving at Halifax, 1936.

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  Locomotive No. 540 at Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse in background, 1938.

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  No. 540 at Truro.

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  No. 540 at Truro in June 1940.

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  No. 540 at Truro in April 21, 1941.

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  Locomotive No. 540; Boom Car No. 798 and Wreck Crane No. 802 with wreck of Train No. 98 near Clementsport, Aug. 2, 1944.

Other Known Images

• Photo of locomotive on page 46, "A Dominion Atlantic Sojourn." Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998., photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.

External Links

• (1) January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, p. 15.

No. 540 at Truro, date unknown. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR03446.
No. 540 at Halifax, January 25, 1936. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR14503.
No. 540 at Truro, 1940. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08388.
No. 540 at Truro, April 21, 1941. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08389.