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DAR Engine No. 540, probably built in November 1903, a D6d (Saxon). On record in MP14 1944 as a D.A.R. unit (1). According to the notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley, this engine was transferred back to the Ontario district in March of 1946. | DAR Engine No. 540, probably built in November 1903, a D6d (Saxon). On record in MP14 1944 as a D.A.R. unit (1). According to the notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley, this engine was transferred back to the Ontario district in March of 1946. | ||
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| + | A photo of No. 540, labelled "Mascarene", at Truro in D.A.R. livery exists in the [[Leon Barron]] collection<ref>http://www.okcm.ca/leonbarron/leonbc.html</ref> at dated April 13, 1940 at the [[Kings County Museum]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*(1) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_Equipment.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, p. 15.] | *(1) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_Equipment.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, p. 15.] | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 13 November 2011
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 540, "Mascarene"
DAR Engine No. 540, probably built in November 1903, a D6d (Saxon). On record in MP14 1944 as a D.A.R. unit (1). According to the notes in the MP14 1944 of J. Mauley, this engine was transferred back to the Ontario district in March of 1946.
A photo of No. 540, labelled "Mascarene", at Truro in D.A.R. livery exists in the Leon Barron collection[1] at dated April 13, 1940 at the Kings County Museum.
Gallery
- Photo of locomotive on page 46, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. Macdonald, in Truro on May 9, 1944.
References and Footnotes
External Links
No. 540 from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR03446a.
