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Dominion Atlantic Railway Buffet Observation Parlour Car No. 6614

This car was one of several modernized buffet-observation-parlor cars in the 6611-6619 range which served on the DAR. It was built in November 1913 at the CPR's Angus shops as a wooden car but modernized in 1929-1930 with steel sheathing and air conditioning.[1] It was 78 feet long (over the sills) and carried 22 parlor passengers and ran on six wheel trucks.[2] Other cars in the same class that served on the DAR were No. 6613 and No. 6616.

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  1. Lorne Perry, "The Back Porch", Canadian Rail Passenger Review, No. 3 (2000), p. 21
  2. M.P. 14 Roster, 1947, page 35