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DARHALIGONIAN
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Pullman Parlour Car, Haligonian
Haligonian was was built in 1891 by the Pullman Company as a parlor car for the Flying Bluenose. It was joined by its sister car, Mayflower in 1893. "Haligonian" was converted to boarding car No. 880 in December 1939 and scrapped in April 1955.
Gallery
Flying Bluenose inside the North Street Station at Halifax with either Mayflower or Haligonian on the end, c. 1912.
Interior view, parlour car Mayflower or Haligonian, part of the Flying Bluenose train, circa 1895.
- Chronicle-Herald 1958-05-17 - DAR Emerges & Old Landmark Gone.jpg
J. B. King, "Dominion Atlantic Emerges From London Deal", The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, May 17, 1958, about the creation of the DAR, start of the Flying Bluenose, train wreck at Mount Denson and the car "Haligonian".
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"
