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==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 11 "Corona"== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 11 "Corona"== | ||
| − | + | Corona was was built in 1888 by [[:Category:James Harris & Co.|James Harris & Co.]] as a First Class Passenger Car.(1) It was converted to a Vision Test Car in May 1941, serving a final four years until April 1944 when it was scrapped.(3) | |
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| + | Specifications (3): | ||
| + | *Construction: Wood, open vestibule | ||
| + | *Length over sills: 57' 2" | ||
| + | *Capacity: 60 people | ||
| + | *Four wheel trucks | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:CSTM-STR18274a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR000011|Coach No. 11 "Corona"]] in [[Kentville]] parked in front of the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse]], 1942. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
*(1) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4 | *(1) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4 | ||
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| + | *(2) [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]], "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment" | ||
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| + | *(3) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_summary.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA, page 40] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | * | + | * [http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=16996&lang=en N-18,274, Harold Jenkins Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa showing Passenger Car No. 11 at Kentville in 1942] |
[[Category:Passenger]] | [[Category:Passenger]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Coaches]] | ||
[[Category:James Harris & Co.]] | [[Category:James Harris & Co.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:07, 18 November 2017
Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 11 "Corona"
Corona was was built in 1888 by James Harris & Co. as a First Class Passenger Car.(1) It was converted to a Vision Test Car in May 1941, serving a final four years until April 1944 when it was scrapped.(3)
Specifications (3):
- Construction: Wood, open vestibule
- Length over sills: 57' 2"
- Capacity: 60 people
- Four wheel trucks
Gallery
Coach No. 11 "Corona" in Kentville parked in front of the British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse, 1942.
References and Footnotes
- (1) "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
- (2) Jim O'Donnell, "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment"
