DAR0028

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 28, "Pioneer".

Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1904.

• Builder No. 24168
• 17.5" x 24" cylinders
• 56" drivers.

No. 28 was the only 2-6-0 to serve on the Dominion Atlantic. The locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the Midland Railway which ran from Windsor to Truro as Midland Railway No. 4 "Pioneer". The DAR acquired the locomotive along with Midland No. 1, Midland No. 2, and Midland No. 3 (DAR No. 29 - 1st), and when the Midland Line was purchased in 1905. This locomotive became DAR No. 28. It was sold to the Sissiboo Pulp & Paper Co. in Weymouth in 1921.(1)

Name Origins: Tribute to pioneers of the Midland district.

Gallery

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  Locomotive No. 28, the Dominion Atlantic's only 2-6-0 Mogul.

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  No. 28 "Pioneer".

Other Known Photographs:

• Merrilees Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Glass Negatives, B-005937 (a higher quality verison of the above image.)
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, N-18240 (in Yarmouth, smokebox door open)

References and Footnotes

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

• Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 348.
• Charles McBride DAR Locomotive List