DAR0005

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 5, "Benedict"

Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0

Built by Portland Locomotive Works, 1875

• Builder No.: 334
• 16" x 24" cylinders
• 60” drivers

The Jim O'Donnell and Charles McBride Rosters show this locomotive began as Windsor and Annapolis Railway locomotive No. 8 "Benedict". However the McQuinn and Stephens Collection and J.B. King record that it was Windsor and Annapolis No. 5 "Grand Pre" before 1893 and before 1875 it was Intercolonial Railway No. 35.

References and Footnotes

• Jim O'Donnell "Dominion Atlantic Railway Locomotive Roster"
• Charles McBride "Dominion Atlantic Railway I" Locomotive List
• J.B. King, "Windsor & Annapolis Railway Motive Power Presents Throny Problems", Halifax Chronicle Herald, Sat. May 24, 1958, p. 20

Known Photographs:

• McQuinn Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-3968
• Stephens Collection, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, N-18,224