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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.== | ==Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.== | ||
| − | It was originally built as baggage smoking | + | It was originally built as baggage & smoking combine 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 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) | 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) | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 14 November 2008
Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Van No. 91.
It was originally built as baggage & smoking combine 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
