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==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 11 "Corona"==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway 1st Class Coach No. 11 "Corona"==
Built in 1888 by Harris Company, No. 11 was scrapped in 1944.(1) Listed for the last time in the C.P.R. M.P. 14 1944 D.A.R. section, page 40, this wooden car had a seating capacity of 60 people and was 57' 2" long on 4 wheel trucks.(2)
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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):
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*Construction: Wood, open vestibule
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*Length over sills: 57' 2"
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*Capacity: 60 people
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*Four wheel trucks
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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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.
 
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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==
*(2) [http://www.cpsig.ca/data/Equipment_List/MP14_1944_summary.pdf January 1, 1944 CPR Motive Power Roster M.P. 14 at CPHA.]
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* [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]  
  
 
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[[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

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


External Links