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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Track Crane No. 414324.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Track Crane No. 414324.== | ||
| − | Built by Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan in 1913, No. 414324 had a lifting capacity of 100 tons. It spent its last decade on the DAR at Kentville. The crane was briefly acquired by the short-lived Scotia Railway Society in Halifax before being transferred to the Salem and Hillsborough Railway in New Brunswick where it is preserved today along with boom car 104095. | + | Built by Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan in 1913, No. 414324 had a lifting capacity of 100 tons. It spent its last decade on the DAR at Kentville. The crane was briefly acquired by the short-lived Scotia Railway Society in Halifax before being transferred in 1980 to the Salem and Hillsborough Railway in New Brunswick (now the New Brunswick Railway Museum) where it is preserved today along with boom car 104095. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | *[http://flickr.com/photos/24811200@N05/2347743065 Flickr Photo of No. 414324 at the Salem and Hillsborough Museum] | + | *[http://flickr.com/photos/24811200@N05/2347743065 Flickr Photo by Chris McGinn of No. 414324 at the New Brunswick Rialway Museum/Salem and Hillsborough Railway] |
| + | *[http://www.nbrm.ca/rollingstock/en/index.shtml Rolling Stock List of New Brunswick Railway Museum] | ||
[[Category:Track Cranes]] | [[Category:Track Cranes]] | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 2 August 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Track Crane No. 414324.
Built by Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan in 1913, No. 414324 had a lifting capacity of 100 tons. It spent its last decade on the DAR at Kentville. The crane was briefly acquired by the short-lived Scotia Railway Society in Halifax before being transferred in 1980 to the Salem and Hillsborough Railway in New Brunswick (now the New Brunswick Railway Museum) where it is preserved today along with boom car 104095.
Gallery
No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, yard switcher No. 6227, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
Track crane No. 414324, boom car No. 412722 and crew car No. 405809 at railroad yards in Kentville in August 1961.
CP No. 8131 leading freight at Kentville on July 20, 1967. Crane No. 414324 is in background.
Track crane No. 414324, boom car No. 412722 and crew car No. 411677 at railroad yards in Kentville yards in August 1973.
Track crane No. 414324, boom car No. 412722 and crew car No. 411677 at railroad yards in Kentville yards in August 1974. Appears to be in the same place as in 1967.
Track crane No. 414324, boom car No. 412722 and crew car No. 411677 at railroad yards in Kentville in July 18, 1975.
References and Footnotes
Canadian Trackside Guide 2008, page 3-108
