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DAR0470
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 470.
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Built by Montreal Locomotive Works January 1912.
- Builder No. 50462
- 19" x 24" cylinders
- 63" drivers.
- CPR Class: D4g
This locomotive was transferred to DAR in 1940 and officially listed as a D.A.R. locomotive in 1941 (1) and 1947 (2). No. 470 was the only D4g on the DAR and retained its CPR livery and number for its entire DAR career.(3) It was regularly assigned locomotive on the Kingsport branchline in the 1940s and 50s. No. 470 was scrapped in Kentville in July 1955.(4)
Gallery
A well groomed No. 470 at Kentville.
Train No. 14 arriving at Kentville led by No. 470. engine terminal at left. water stand pipe in centre. August 1949.
No. 470 in front of Kentville Car Shop at Kentville in August 1951.
No. 470 leaving for Kingsport with Train No. 11 from Kentville in August 1951. Visible is the business car Nova Scotia in front of the repair shop.
No. 470 at Kentville yards making up consist for Train No. 13 to Kingsport on July 3, 1954.
No. 470 at Kentville station July 3, 1954 leading Train No. 13 for Kingsport.
No. 470 at the Kentville Station on July 3, 1954 leading Train No. 13 for Kingsport.
No. 470 leaves Kentville with Train No. 13 to Kingsport on July 3, 1954.
Other Known Images
Photo of locomotive on page 47, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.
References and Footnotes
- (1) 1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941, page 15.
- (2) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives), page 3.
- (3) Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
- (4) Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, page 348.
