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DAR405801
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Crew Car No. 405801
Listed in the 1965 MP14 as a boarding car and the single example of it's series. Reported as 73' 6" long. (1)
The car was built 1914-12 by Quebec Central as Mail baggage No. 70. Rebuilt and steel sheathed at an unknown date. Reassigned as boarding car and renumbered to QC No. 40792 around 1941-06. Renumbered to CPR No. 405801 1958-09. (2) It was scrapped at Kentville in 1977. (3)
Gallery
No. 405801 as it first appeared on the DAR as Quebec Central bunk car No. 40792 used by surveyors at Hantsport on August 1, 1958.
Drawing of car while still as a QCR mail car.
No. 405801 in Truro in 1959.
No. 405801 by the British Canadian Fruit warehouse at the Kentville Railyard on April 5, 1964.
References and Footnotes
- (2) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2009-01-02
- (3) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
