DAR0903

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 903

• Built by the Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC) in May 1911
• Builders No. 975
• Cylinders: 21" x 28"
• Drivers: 63"
• Overall length (with Tender): 55-1'
• CPR Class: D10g

Built as CPR No. 903, it was assigned to the DAR in April 1955. Previously reported as never receiving a name or DAR lettering, we now know that it was in fact lettered for the DAR. No. 903 was scrapped at the end of steam in December 1959.

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  No. 903 at Kentville on October 20, 1956.

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  No. 903 on the Kentville turntable lead with the water stand pipe in the background, August 1958.

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  No. 903 at Angus Shops in Montreal in August 1959 awaiting its final disposition.

Known Photographs

• Oct. 20, 1956 at Kentville, F. Stephens photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08401a Broken link. F. Stephens seems to have photographed CNR locomotives.
• July 1957 at Windsor, photo by R. Wood Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08457a Broken link. Photo STR08457 is a TH&B loco.
• At Truro, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR09892a Broken link. STR09892 doesn't exist.
• No. 903 at Ayr, Ontario, April 8, 1942. Ingenium Archives, Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-03341.
• No. 903 at Chatham-Kent, Ontario, September 3, 1945. Ingenium Archives, Science and Technology Railway Collection, STR14660.

References and Footnotes

• Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, Constructed in Kingston
• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"