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DAR2526
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2526.
A G2r Pacicifc, No. 2526 was guilt by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in August of 1907. It arrived on the DAR in May 1953, replacing No. 2511 in service.[1] It was removed from the DAR on August 29, 1957[2] and sent to Montreal for scrapping in September 1957.[3]
Gallery
No. 2526 shunts Train No. 98 in reverse at Windsor preparing to leave for Halifax in late afternoon on July 3, 1954.
No. 2526 shunts Train No. 98 in reverse past Fruit Express car No. 4626 at Windsor preparing to leave for Halifax in late afternoon on July 3, 1954.
No. 2526 from Kingsport approaching the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge on August 27, 1956.
No. 2526 from Kingsport approaching the Kentville Cornwallis River Bridge on August 27, 1956.
No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, yard switcher No. 6227, turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
Mixed Train for Kingsport leaving yard. Visible is business car Nova Scotia beside the repair shop and the coaling tower in Kentville on August 28, 1956.
Tender of DAR locomotive No. 2526 at the Kentville Machine Shop, with blacksmith shop in background, circa 1953-1957.
References and Footnotes
External Links
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster
- ↑ From the daily notes of George Parks, Wendell Lemon, Atlantic Rails Facebook Group, March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster