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| − | Built as CPR No. 521, it was transferred to the DAR in May 1937 and was given the name "Halifax", also used by [[DAR0504|No. 504]]. It was scrapped in November | + | Built as CPR No. 521, it was transferred to the DAR in May 1937 and was given the name "Halifax", also used by [[DAR0504|No. 504]]. It was scrapped in November 1939. |
Name Origin: [[Halifax]], capital of Nova Scotia and Earl of Halifax, George Montague, sponsor of settlement in 1749.(1) | Name Origin: [[Halifax]], capital of Nova Scotia and Earl of Halifax, George Montague, sponsor of settlement in 1749.(1) | ||
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Known Photographs of this locomotive: | Known Photographs of this locomotive: | ||
| − | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id= | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=83970&lang=en At Halifax, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR04034a] |
| + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=5995&lang=en At Halifax, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR8379a] | ||
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===References and Footnotes=== | ===References and Footnotes=== | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 16 August 2009
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 521 "Halifax"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by North British Locomotive Company at Glasgow. Scotland in November 1903.
- Builder No. 16035
- 21" x 26" cylinders
- 63" drivers
- 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
- CPR Class:
Built as CPR No. 521, it was transferred to the DAR in May 1937 and was given the name "Halifax", also used by No. 504. It was scrapped in November 1939.
Name Origin: Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia and Earl of Halifax, George Montague, sponsor of settlement in 1749.(1)
Gallery
Known Photographs of this locomotive:
- At Halifax, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR04034a
- At Halifax, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR8379a
References and Footnotes
(1) Highlights of Nova Scotia History Dominion Atlantic Railway (1934) Third Edition. (A booklet about the name, number and historical names of DAR locomotives.)
- Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, pages 258, 294, 348.
