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[[Image:Midland000400.JPG|thumb|400px|right|One of the Midland Railway stock cars inherited by the DAR.]]
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[[Image:MRC000400.JPG|thumb|400px|right|One of the Midland Railway stock cars inherited by the DAR.]]
  
The DAR inherited a fleet of wooden stock cars from its ancestor companies such as the Windsor and Annapolis, the Western Counties Railway and the Midland Railway. These were relettered for the DAR and numbered in the 1090 series. In the 1930s, they were gradually taken out of service and eliminated by the late 1930s. They were replaced by the CPR's huge fleet of 36 foot converted Fowler box cars.  
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The DAR had it own small fleet of stock cars to transport livestock such as [[DAR001097|DAR Stock Car No. 1097]]. Many were inherited from its ancestor companies such as the Windsor and Annapolis, the Western Counties Railway and the Midland Railway. As DAR cars, they were lettered in the 1090 series. In the 1930s, they were gradually taken out of service and eliminated by the late 1930s, replaced by the CPR's huge fleet of 36 foot converted Fowler box cars.  
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File:DAR001097.JPG|[[DAR001097|Stock Car No. 1097]] and [[:Category:Refrigerator Cars|reefer]] in train wreck, unknown date.
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File:MRC000400.JPG|Midland Railway Company Stock Car No. 400 built by [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]]
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 21 February 2024

Dominion Atlantic Railway Stock Cars

One of the Midland Railway stock cars inherited by the DAR.

The DAR had it own small fleet of stock cars to transport livestock such as DAR Stock Car No. 1097. Many were inherited from its ancestor companies such as the Windsor and Annapolis, the Western Counties Railway and the Midland Railway. As DAR cars, they were lettered in the 1090 series. In the 1930s, they were gradually taken out of service and eliminated by the late 1930s, replaced by the CPR's huge fleet of 36 foot converted Fowler box cars.

Pages in category "Stock Cars"

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