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| − | “Lightning”, purchased used from the Great Western Railway<ref>http://www.canada-rail.com/ontario/railways/GWR.html#.Ws7x6_lSx8Y,</ref>, was driven down by Legge, the Locomotive Foreman and lost its lefthand trailing driving wheel near Brownville. The part flew off and buried itself in a snowy field, causing an intensive search that took two days.<ref>[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 77</ref> | + | “Lightning”, purchased used from the Great Western Railway in 1871<ref>http://www.canada-rail.com/ontario/railways/GWR.html#.Ws7x6_lSx8Y,</ref>, was driven down by Legge, the Locomotive Foreman and lost its lefthand trailing driving wheel near Brownville. The part flew off and buried itself in a snowy field, causing an intensive search that took two days.<ref>[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 77</ref> |
Revision as of 00:11, 12 April 2018
Windsor and Annapolis Railway Steam Locomotive "Lightning"
- Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
- Built by:
- Date: mm/yyyy
- Builder No.:
- Cylinders: xx" x yy"
- Drivers: xx"
- Wheelbase length, (engine and tender): xx' yy"
- Length of Wheel base xx' yy" inches
- Do. to centre of Bogie xx' yy"
- Do. of Bogie xx' yy"
- Overall pilot to tender coupler length: xx' yy"
- Name Origin:
“Lightning”, purchased used from the Great Western Railway in 1871[1], was driven down by Legge, the Locomotive Foreman and lost its lefthand trailing driving wheel near Brownville. The part flew off and buried itself in a snowy field, causing an intensive search that took two days.[2]
This broad gauge "Lightning" was traded to the Canadian Government's Intercolonial Railway in 1875 when the Windsor & Annapolis changed to standard gauge.
Gallery
Lighting, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the W&AR Kentville Engine House and Machine Shop in 1872.
Lighting, a broad gauge locomotive in front of the W&AR Kentville Engine House and Machine Shop in 1872.
