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| + | Wheel Arrangement: [[:Category:4-4-0|4-4-0]] | ||
Built by [[:Category:Canadian Locomotive Works|Kingston Locomotive Works]] in 1866. | Built by [[:Category:Canadian Locomotive Works|Kingston Locomotive Works]] in 1866. | ||
| − | *Builder No. | + | *Builder No. 75 |
| − | *12" x | + | *12" x 24" cylinders |
| − | * | + | *62" drivers. |
Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 23. | Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 23. | ||
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Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23. | Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23. | ||
| − | Rebuilt by [[:Category:Portland Works|Portland Works]] with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 6 | + | Rebuilt by [[:Category:Portland Works|Portland Works]] with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 6, part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges. |
Became DAR No. 3 in 1893 | Became DAR No. 3 in 1893 | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" | ||
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| + | [[McBride, Charles|Charles McBride]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List | ||
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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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| + | Known Photographs: | ||
| + | * McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3966 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 21:58, 4 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 3 "Gaspereaux"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Built by Kingston Locomotive Works in 1866.
- Builder No. 75
- 12" x 24" cylinders
- 62" drivers.
Began as Nova Scotia Railway No. 23.
Later Intercolonial Railway No. 23.
Rebuilt by Portland Works with 12 x 24" cylinders in 1875 and traded to the Windsor & Annapolis Railway where it became W&A No. 6, part of a swap of nine standard gauge ICR locomotives for nine broad gauge W&A locomotives in a government plan to standardize gauges.
Became DAR No. 3 in 1893
Gallery
References and Footnotes
Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List
J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Thorny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20
Known Photographs:
- McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3966
