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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614== | ||
| − | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.<ref>[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/images/MP14_1947_Page_34_35.jpg|CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35]</ref> | + | This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.<ref>Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21</ref> It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.<ref>[http://dardpi.ca/wiki/images/MP14_1947_Page_34_35.jpg|CPR M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35]</ref> Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were [[DAR006613|No. 6613]] and No. 6616. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 2 April 2015
Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614
This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.[2] Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were No. 6613 and No. 6616.
Gallery
Buffet Parlor car No. 6614 on what appears to be the Digby wharf.
References and Footnotes
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External Links
- ↑ Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
- ↑ M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35
