DAR000027

Dominion Atlantic Railway Coach No. 27 "Iris"

First Class passenger coach

• Built: 1888
• Builder: Windsor and Annapolis Railway Kentville Car Shop
• Scrapped: Converted to station for Clementsport in May 1921

Gallery

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  Kentville Station circa 1900

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  Flying Bluenose at Hantsport possibly with coach No. 27 and baggage car No. 46 circa 1920.

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  Boyfriends and girlfriends cutting it up for the camera possibly aboard car No. 27. It looks like the oval board with "IRIS" has been removed at this point.

References and Footnotes

• "Dominion Atlantic Railway Chronology of Passenger Car Purchases", Library and Archives Canada, Merrilees Collection, MG 31 NA A10, Vol. 55-4
• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Passenger Equipment" Roster.