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It was originally built as baggage smoking combin coach [[DAR000032|No. 32]] by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890.(1) A cupola was added in Amherst in 1923.(2) | It was originally built as baggage smoking combin coach [[DAR000032|No. 32]] by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to [[DAR000031|No. 31]] in 1890.(1) A cupola was added in Amherst in 1923.(2) | ||
| − | The car was re-numbered and converted to Van | + | The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 92 in June 1941.(1) It was used on the rear end of [[Train No. 99]] & [[Train No. 100]], night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.(3) |
It was eventually used as a fuel conversion car in [[Kentville]] and was later sold to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(4) | It was eventually used as a fuel conversion car in [[Kentville]] and was later sold to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(4) | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 14 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.
It was originally built as baggage smoking combin coach No. 32 by James Harris and Company in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1887 as a sister car to No. 31 in 1890.(1) A cupola was added in Amherst in 1923.(2)
The car was re-numbered and converted to Van No. 92 in June 1941.(1) It was used on the rear end of Train No. 99 & Train No. 100, night train with sleeper, coach or freight cars.(3)
It was eventually used as a fuel conversion car in Kentville and was later sold to a construction company in New Minas, Nova Scotia where it was used as a storage building.(4)
Gallery
- DAR000091b.jpg
1949 at Yarmouth
1949 at Halifax.
References and Footnotes
(1) Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases Library and Archives Canada, MG 31 A10 Vol. 55-4
(2) Canadian Car & Foundry - Amherst Builders photo, 1923
(3) Jeff Pinchbeck, CPHA, email note 2008-06-06
(4) Harold Jenkins letter to Scotia Railway Society May 10, 1958, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management RG28 s Vol. 186
