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DAR352993
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Gondola No. 352993.
One of the DAR's fleet of 75 steel gypsum cars which began service on DAR gypsum trains in 1963. Unique to the DAR, the 352900 series gondolas carry 70 tons or 1900 cubic feet of gypsum. At first organized into three consists of 25 cars each they run as unit trains from the gypsum mines to Hantsport. They are still in service today on the Windsor and Hantsport Railway, although crashes have diminished their numbers.
Gallery
Gondola No. 352993 jacked up for maintenance on July 6, 1993.
Wheel change-out at Hantsport on gondola No. 352993 on July 6, 1993.
References and Footnotes
Gary W. Ness, "DAR Vignettes: The Gypsum Unit Trains", CP Tracks, Summery 1999, Vol. 7, No. 1, page 28.
