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Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. | Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (I)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. | ||
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Revision as of 19:25, 18 September 2019
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2551.
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Built by the Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in February of 1909.
- 22.5" x 28" cylinders
- 70" drivers.
- 64' 6" wheelbase length
- 75' 8" over couplers
- CPR Class: G2s
Listed as a M & A unit 1927 (G2s(x)), in 1938 as a C.P.R. unit and then from 1941 to 1955 as a D.A.R unit (G2s). (1)
Photo of unit found in: Greg McDonnell, Canadian Pacific: Stand Fast, Craigellachie!, p. 25 and in Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), p.14.
Gallery
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
No. 2551 facing the in Yarmouth Station, August 29, 1953.
In Yarmouth getting refilled with Coal 1953-08-29
In Kentville 1953-08-30
In Kentville Yard 1953-08-30
In Kentville, approaching turntable (1953-08-30)
No. 2551 beside Yarmouth Enginehouse at Yarmouth on July 3, 1954.
2551 at Kentville, N.S. 1953-08-30.
Locomotive 2551 depicted on mural on former Oyler/P.R. Ritcey warehouse, Kentville, July 15, 2013.
References and Footnotes
- (1) C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1927, p. 33; 1938, p. 19; 1941, p. 15; 1944, p. 15, 1947, p. 15; 1950, 1952, p. 14; 1952, p. 14; 1955, p. 15
- (1) C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Roster, 1941, p. 15.
- (2) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives), p. 3.
External Links
Dominion Atlantic locomotive gallery on Old Time Trades web site including nice colour images of 2551
Locomotive 2551 at Truro - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08417a .
Locomotive 2551 at Truro - from the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Image STR08418a.
