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*(1) ''Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases'' Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4 | *(1) ''Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases'' Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4 | ||
*(2) Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo, 1923 | *(2) Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo, 1923 | ||
| − | *(3) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06 | + | *(3) Jeff Pinchbeck, [[:Category:CPHA Collection|CPHA]], email note 2008-06-06 |
*(4) [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]] letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186 | *(4) [[:Category:Harold Jenkins Photo|Harold Jenkins]] letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186 | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 2 January 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.
It was originally built as baggage & smoking combine coach No. 32 by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1) A cupola was added in Amherst in 1923.(2)
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 92 in June 1941.(1) It was used on the rear end of Train No. 99 & Train No. 100, night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.(3)
It was eventually used as a fuel conversion car in Kentville and was later sold to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(4)
Gallery
- DAR000091b.jpg
1949 at Yarmouth
References and Footnotes
- (1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
- (2) Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo, 1923
- (3) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06
- (4) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
