Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8133

Builder No.: A1733

Date: 04-1959
Order Number: C261
Model: SW1200RS
Built by: General Motors Electro-Motive Division at General Motors Diesel, London, Ontario
Prime Mover: EMD 12-567-C (V12 2-Stroke)
HP: 1200
Displacement: 567 cu in per cylinder = 6804 cu in total
Stroke & Bore: 8.5" x 10"
Aspiration: Roots Blower
Generator: EMD D15
Gear Ratio: 62:15
Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs @ 18% Adhesion
Trucks: EMD Flexicoil B-B trucks
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Drivers: 40"
Weight: 232,700 lbs
Wheelbase length: 22' (center of bolsters)
Overall length: 44' 5" (coupler face to coupler face)
Height: 14' 6-1/2"
Width" 10' (underframe)
Maximum Speed: 65 mph
CPR Class: DRS-12b

No. 8032 arrived on the D.A.R in 1959. First photographic evidence of it was in August 1959. Last photographic evidence of it was in 1979. Retired (2003). Traded in to Rail Trust Equipment (2/2004). Sold to Cenex Harvest States Grain.

Operational Appearances

Gallery

Locomotive No. 8133, with unknown engineer, circa 1959.
Locomotive No. 8133, detail of pilot, circa 1959.
Locomotive No. 8133 hauling Train No. 11, passing ruins of Falmouth Station and the Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse, July 1959.
CPR No. 8133 wayfreight en route to Annapolis Royal at Aylesford in August 1959.
No. 8135, No. 8133 with a train of Big Otis gypsum cars at Windsor Station, 1960.
The Kentville Roundhouse with diesels No. 8135, No. 8132, No. 8137, No. 8133, No. 8140, No. 8134, the DAR Track Crane No. 3 and the Canada Foods Plant smokestack, June 12, 1960.
Passenger Extra with three coaches from Kentville led by SW1200RS No. 8133 picking up RCN recruits for HMCS Cornwallis at the Digby Wharf in the summer of 1966.
Digby June 1967.
No. 8133 and ballast cars repairing washout at the Halfway River Bridge at Hantsport, CKF paper plant in background, August 1971.
CPR8133 & CPR8137 leave Halifax Ocean Terminals westbound in January 1973.
Diesel No. 8133 and van No. 436994 at Kentville on July 18, 1975.
No. 8133 at Windsor in the 1970s.
No. 8133 at Windsor in the 1970s.
Engine 8133 in Yarmouth - February 1976.
CPR SW1200RS's No. 8133 and No. 8137 at Windsor, May 27, 1977.
Engine 8133 leading train 25 heading towards Hantport 12th September 1977
Engine 8133 leading train 25 heading towards Hantport 12th September 1977
No. 8133 at Kentville on July 7, 1979.
No. 8133 and No. 8139 arrive at Mantua with empty gypsum cars.
No. 8133 at Truro Railyard.
No. 8133 at Truro Railyard.
No. 8133 at CN's Rockingham (Halifax) yard in 1979.
No. 8133 at Windsor, June 16, 1979.