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Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in November 1907.
 
Built by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in November 1907.
*Builder No. 31847
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*Builder No. 32258
 
*19" x 24" cylinders
 
*19" x 24" cylinders
 
*63" drivers(1)
 
*63" drivers(1)
 
*Class: 10-32-0
 
*Class: 10-32-0
  
Built November 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Builder No. 32258 Class 10-32-0 Drivers: 60" Cylinders 19x24.(1)  
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This engine was built in 1907 by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in Philadelphia for the DAR and was identical to her sister [[DAR0032|No. 32]] "Blomidon". After the CPR takeover of the DAR No. 33 and 32 were frequently used on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kentville-Kingsport]] run pulling the [[:Category:Scheduled Trains|School Trains]].(2) No. 33 was put into storage in 1933 and scrapped in late October 1938(3)&(4)  
  
This engine was built in 1907 by [[:Category:Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin Locomotive Works]] in Philadelphia for the DAR adn was identical to her sister [[DAR0032|No. 32]] Blomidon. After the CPR takeover of the DAR No. 33 and 32 were frequently used on the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kentville-Kingsport]] run pulling the school trains (see [[:Category:Scheduled Trains|Trains No. 11 - 14]].(2) She was scrapped in 1937 after having been stored since 1933.(3)
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Name Origin: Heroic spirtual figure of Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq people
 
 
Photo of locomotive on page 44, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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Image:dar0033a.jpg|[[DAR0033|No. 33]] at [[Wolfville Station]] circa 1907 to 1911.
 
Image:dar0033a.jpg|[[DAR0033|No. 33]] at [[Wolfville Station]] circa 1907 to 1911.
 
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Other Known Photographs:
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* Photo of locomotive on page 44, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of [[:Category:Kenneth S. MacDonald Collection|Kenneth S. MacDonald]].
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* McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-4007 (May 1929, Land of Evangeline paint scheme); N-4008 (Glooscap in wreck, 1936) and N-4009 (with Van and crew)
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* Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9887
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* [[Warden, George|George Warden]] Collection, Musquodoboit Railway Museum, MRM76.1.495
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
* (1) [[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', p. 348.
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(1) [[:Category:Jim O'Donnell Collection|Jim O'Donnell]] "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" (Jim lists 63" drivers vs 60" in Omer Lavallée list.)
* (2) [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1), [[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]] (page 6)
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* (3) [[Bishop, George|George Bishop]] "Railway Notes", ''Kentville Advertiser'', 1937.
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(2) [[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1), [[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]] (page 6)
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(3) [[Bishop, George|George Bishop]] "Railway Notes", ''Kentville Advertiser'', Oct. 16, 2938.
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(4)[[M. Allen Gibson]], ''[[Train Time]]'', Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 10 (in Kentville, newly painted)
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[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives]]'', p. 348, 352.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 21:24, 17 December 2008

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 33, Glooscap.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in November 1907.

  • Builder No. 32258
  • 19" x 24" cylinders
  • 63" drivers(1)
  • Class: 10-32-0

This engine was built in 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia for the DAR and was identical to her sister No. 32 "Blomidon". After the CPR takeover of the DAR No. 33 and 32 were frequently used on the Kentville-Kingsport run pulling the School Trains.(2) No. 33 was put into storage in 1933 and scrapped in late October 1938(3)&(4)

Name Origin: Heroic spirtual figure of Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq people

Gallery

Other Known Photographs:

  • Photo of locomotive on page 44, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.
  • McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-4007 (May 1929, Land of Evangeline paint scheme); N-4008 (Glooscap in wreck, 1936) and N-4009 (with Van and crew)
  • Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-9887
  • George Warden Collection, Musquodoboit Railway Museum, MRM76.1.495

References and Footnotes

(1) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster" (Jim lists 63" drivers vs 60" in Omer Lavallée list.)

(2) Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), Gary Ness (page 6)

(3) George Bishop "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, Oct. 16, 2938.

(4)M. Allen Gibson, Train Time, Windsor: Lancelot Press (1973) page 10 (in Kentville, newly painted)

Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 348, 352.

External Links