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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 7, "Basil" ==
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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 7, "Basil" or "Cornwallis" ==
  
 
Built by [[:Category:Portland Works|Portland Locomotive Works]] in 1875.
 
Built by [[:Category:Portland Works|Portland Locomotive Works]] in 1875.
*Builder No. 63-64
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*Builder No. 340
 
*12" x 24" cylinders
 
*12" x 24" cylinders
 
*60" drivers.
 
*60" drivers.
  
In 1875, it was traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 7 "Basil", part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.
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Charles McBride and J.B. King indicate that this locomotive was built for the Windsor and Atlantic as No. 7 Basil and became DAR No. 7 "Basil" in 1893.(1) (2)
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Name Origin: The name came from the blacksmith character in Longfellow's poem ''Evangeline'' and was later carried by [[DAR0036|DAR Locomotive No. 36]].
  
It kept the W&A name and number to became DAR No. 7 "Basil" in 1893.
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However Jim O'Donnell and two collections at the Canada Science and Technology Museum identify it as Western Counties Railway Locomotive No. 2 "Charles B. Doane" which became DAR No. 7 in 1893 with the name "Cornwallis".(3) (4)
 
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Name Origins: "Charles B. Doane" was a WCR manager. "Cornwallis" was Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax.
Name Origin: The name came from the blacksmith character in Longfellow's poem ''Evangeline'' and was later carried by [[DAR0036|DAR Locomotive No. 36]].
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
[[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
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(1) [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
  
[[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] DAR Locomotive List
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(2) J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Thorny Problems", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
  
J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Thorny Problems", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald'', Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
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(3) [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
  
Known Photographs:
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(4) Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
* McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3971
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* McQuinn Collection, N-3971
* Stephens Collection,  Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-8340  
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* Stephens Collection, N-8340  
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 19:59, 20 November 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 7, "Basil" or "Cornwallis"

Built by Portland Locomotive Works in 1875.

  • Builder No. 340
  • 12" x 24" cylinders
  • 60" drivers.

Charles McBride and J.B. King indicate that this locomotive was built for the Windsor and Atlantic as No. 7 Basil and became DAR No. 7 "Basil" in 1893.(1) (2) Name Origin: The name came from the blacksmith character in Longfellow's poem Evangeline and was later carried by DAR Locomotive No. 36.

However Jim O'Donnell and two collections at the Canada Science and Technology Museum identify it as Western Counties Railway Locomotive No. 2 "Charles B. Doane" which became DAR No. 7 in 1893 with the name "Cornwallis".(3) (4) Name Origins: "Charles B. Doane" was a WCR manager. "Cornwallis" was Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax.

Gallery

References and Footnotes

(1) Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List

(2) J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Thorny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20

(3) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"

(4) Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa

  • McQuinn Collection, N-3971
  • Stephens Collection, N-8340

External Links