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| − | File:Wolfville Collision.jpg|South view of [[Wolfville]] collision of [[Flying Bluenose]] train pulled by [[DAR0021|No. 21 "Fortuna"]] and freight pulled by [[ | + | File:Wolfville Collision.jpg|South view of [[Wolfville]] collision of [[Flying Bluenose]] train pulled by [[DAR0021|No. 21 "Fortuna"]] and freight pulled by [[DAR0020|No. 20 "Titania"]], July 14, 1896. |
| − | File:Wolfville Collision 2.jpg|North view of [[Wolfville]] collision of [[Flying Bluenose]] train pulled by [[DAR0021|No. 21 "Fortuna"]] and freight pulled by [[ | + | File:Wolfville Collision 2.jpg|North view of [[Wolfville]] collision of [[Flying Bluenose]] train pulled by [[DAR0021|No. 21 "Fortuna"]] and freight pulled by [[DAR0020|No. 20 "Titania"]], July 14, 1896. |
File:WHHS141.jpg|[[Windsor Station]] with [[DAR0021|DAR locomotive No. 21]] and a mail and express car, circa 1900. | File:WHHS141.jpg|[[Windsor Station]] with [[DAR0021|DAR locomotive No. 21]] and a mail and express car, circa 1900. | ||
File:Kingsport21.jpg|Ephraim Hiltz inside the [[Kingsport Enginehouse]] with locomotive [[DAR0021|No. 21]], circa 1915. | File:Kingsport21.jpg|Ephraim Hiltz inside the [[Kingsport Enginehouse]] with locomotive [[DAR0021|No. 21]], circa 1915. | ||
Revision as of 20:44, 1 September 2021
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 21 "Fortuna"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1894.
- Builder No. 14101
- 18" x 24" cylinders
- 66" drivers.
Ordered as Windsor and Annapolis Railway locomotive No. 17, it was delivered just after the 1894 merger as DAR No. 21 "Fortuna", aptly named to reflect the railway's changing times.
Towards the end of its career, No. 21 ran on the Kingsport branchline, overnighting at the Kingsport Enginehouse.(1)
It was scrapped in December 1923.
Name Origin: Goddess of change in Roman mythology.
Gallery
South view of Wolfville collision of Flying Bluenose train pulled by No. 21 "Fortuna" and freight pulled by No. 20 "Titania", July 14, 1896.
North view of Wolfville collision of Flying Bluenose train pulled by No. 21 "Fortuna" and freight pulled by No. 20 "Titania", July 14, 1896.
Windsor Station with DAR locomotive No. 21 and a mail and express car, circa 1900.
Ephraim Hiltz inside the Kingsport Enginehouse with locomotive No. 21, circa 1915.
No. 21 "Fortuna" at Windsor with a gypsum train, circa 1921.
slightly Sharper image of Fortuna at Windsor circa 1921.
Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-3988
- Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9883/STR03988a , N-18236 (pushing gypsum car)
References and Footnotes
(1) Cora Atkinson, Kingsport by the Sea (1980) page 11. This book also contains a rare photograph of the interior of the Kingsport Enginehouse showing a close-up of the pilot of No. 21.
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List
Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348, 352
