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Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 33, Glooscap.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in November 1907.

  • Builder No. 31847
  • 19" x 24" cylinders
  • 63" drivers(1)
  • Class: 10-32-0

Built November 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Builder No. 32258 Class 10-32-0 Drivers: 60" Cylinders 19x24.(1)

This engine was built in 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia for the DAR adn was identical to her sister No. 32 Blomidon. After the CPR takeover of the DAR No. 33 and 32 were frequently used on the Kentville-Kingsport run pulling the school trains (see Trains No. 11 - 14.(2) She was scrapped in 1937 after having been stored since 1933.(3)

Photo of locomotive on page 44, Locomotive Quarterly, Spring 1998, Vol XXI, Number 3, photo collection of Kenneth S. MacDonald.

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