DAR2552

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2552, Haliburton

Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in March of 1909, 2552 was the first 4-6-2 Pacific to serve on the D.A.R. The locomotive arrived on the D.A.R. in October 1936.(1) It was first lettered for the Dominion Atlantic and given the name "Haliburton" in July 1937 along with a cast brass name plate.(2) No. 2552 was officially transferred to the DAR in 1937, first showing up as D.A.R unit on M.P. 14 1938 and listed as a D.A.R. unit way through to 1950. The locomotive reverted to CPR lettering in World War Two, but photographs indicate that it again received a DAR lettering and herald between 1949 and 1950. From 1952 to 1955 it was still listed but as a C.P.R. unit in the M.P. 14s. It had earlier served on another CPR subsidiary, the Montreal and Atlantic and was listed as such in 1927.(3) It was scrapped in July 1956.(4)

Name Origin: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted Nova Scotian writer of the 19th century and Windsor resident, author of Sam Slick novels and provincial history. Earlier used by DAR No. 37.

Operational Appearances

• 1940-01-05-0834 - Train No. 96

Gallery

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  No. 2552 just after its arrival in Kentville, 1936.

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  Locomotives No. 2552, No. 999, No. 544, No. 32 and No. 25 in Kentville, 1937.

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  No. 1040 and Train No. 96 meets Train No. 95 led by No. 2552 with mail car No. 3713 at Windsor in August 1949.

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  Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.

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  Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.

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  At Truro 1950.

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  No. 2552 at Truro.

Other Known Photographs of this locomotive

• December 1938 at Truro, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR0478a
• July 17, 1948 at Truro, J.F. Styles photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR0479a
• At Truro, M. Greenblatt photograph, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR08419a
• Harold Jenkins Photo, Mattingly Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. MAT000556
• Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Photo No. STR18269a

References and Footnotes

• (1) George Bishop, "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, Oct. 15, 1936
• (2) George Bishop, "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, July 22, 1937
• (3) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 15.
• (3) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15
• (4) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 311, 348, 352.