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DAR1101

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1101

  • Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler
  • Built by: Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC)
  • Contract No.: C-501[1]
  • Date: 1913-11-13[1]
  • Builder No.: 1137[1]
  • Cylinders: 21" x 28"[1]
  • Steam Pressure: 200 PSI[1]
  • Superheater: V & H[2]
  • Feedwater Heater: No[3]
  • Booster: No[3]
  • Fuel: Coal[1]
  • Fuel Capacity: 12 Tons[2]
  • Stoker: No[3]
  • Valve Gear: Walschaert[3]
  • Drivers: 63"[1]
  • Tractive Effort: 30,000 lbs[1]
  • Engine Weight (loaded): 202,200 lbs[1]
  • Tender Weight (loaded): 149,000[2]
  • Tender Water Capacity (Imperial Gallons): 5000[2]
  • Total Weight (loaded): 351,200 lbs[1]
  • Wheelbase length, (engine and tender): 55' 1"[1]
  • Overall pilot to tender coupler length:
  • CPR Class: D10h[1]


Assignment and Disposition

  • Arrival on D.A.R.: 1948-08[4]
  • Origin:
  • Departure from D.A.R.: 1956-08-24[5][4]
  • Destination:
  • Scrapped: 1956-09[1]

Notes

  • Closest known relatives still alive are 1095 donated to the City of Kingston and renamed "The Spirit of Sir John A" and 1098 being operated out of Rail Tours Incorporated.[1]

Operational Appearances


Gallery


Known Photographs of this Locomotive


References and Footnotes

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Donald R. McQueen and William D. Thompson, Constructed in Kingston
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 MP330 Classifications and Dimensions of Locomotives 1945
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters 1947
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
  5. From the daily notes of George Parks, Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.

External Links

No. 1101 at Digby - "Atlantic Rails" Facebook group