DAR0557

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 557 "Subercase"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) in February 1904.

• Builder No. 2844
• 20" x 26" cylinders
• 63" drivers
• 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
• 63' 3" overall pilot to tender coupler
• CPR Class:

Built as CPR No. 557, it arrived on the DAR by 1929(1) and was given the name "Subercase". It was scrapped in July 1937(2), passing the name "Subercase" to the G2r Pacific locomotive No. 2511.

Name Origin: Daniel Auger de Subercase, last governor of Acadia who defeated two attacks on Port Royal before finally surrendering the colony in 1710.(3)

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  Locomotive No. 557 at Windsor with the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, 1924.

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  No. 557 Subercase at Halifax in 1931.

Known Photographs of this locomotive

• Harold Jenkins Photo, Excellent tender detail. Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR18263.
• Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18264a, winter view Link is broken, photo may not exist?

References and Footnotes

(1) & (3) (2) Highlights of Nova Scotia History Dominion Atlantic Railway (1929). (A booklet about the name, number and historical names of DAR locomotives.)

(2) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"