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Latest revision as of 17:00, 13 April 2020
Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 17, "Madeleine"
No. 17 was built as a First Class Coach by Rhodes, Curry & Co. in Amherst in 1904 and was a sister car to No. 16, "Josephine".(1) It was destroyed in a fire at Yarmouth in March 1934.(2)
Specifications (based on sister car No. 16, Josephine) (3)
- Construction: Wood, closed vestibule
- Length over sills: 73' 10 1/2"
- Seating Capacity: 64 people
- Trucks: 6 wheel
Gallery
Coach 17 seen at Digby 1906
A sharper version, said to be 1910.
Postcard of No. 17 at Digby Station as part of the Flying Bluenose
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"
- (3) C.P.R. M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters
