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No. 8181 arrived on the D.A.R in 1959. Retired 3/2008.<ref>Canadian Trackside Guide 2014, p. 1-76.</ref> Scrapped in Winnipeg in 2010.<ref>Confessions of a Train Geek. ''The End of CP 8131''.</ref> | No. 8181 arrived on the D.A.R in 1959. Retired 3/2008.<ref>Canadian Trackside Guide 2014, p. 1-76.</ref> Scrapped in Winnipeg in 2010.<ref>Confessions of a Train Geek. ''The End of CP 8131''.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 19 June 2019
Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8131
- Built by: General Motors Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Diesel Division, London, Ontario
- Model: SW1200RS
- Date: 04-1959
- Builder No.: A1732
- Order Number: C261
- Prime Mover: EMD 12-567-C V12
- HP: 1200
- Displacement: xxxx cu in
- Stroke & Bore: 8.5" x 10"
- Apriration: Roots Blower
- Generator: EMD D15
- Gear Ratio: 62:15
- Tractive Effort: 42,000 @ 18% Adhesion lbs
- Trucks: Type
- Wheel Arrangement: B-B
- Drivers: xx"
- Weight: 232,700 lbs
- Wheelbase length: xx' xx"
- Overall length: xx' xx"
- Height: xx' x-x/x"
- Width" xx' x"
- Maximum Speed: 65 mph
- CPR Class:
No. 8181 arrived on the D.A.R in 1959. Retired 3/2008.[1] Scrapped in Winnipeg in 2010.[2]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
The Kentville Roundhouse with locomotive 8131 on the right, the Kentville Machine Shop and hose shed on left, and the stack of the Canada Foods Plant in background, 1959.
No. 8131 leading wayfreight from Kingsport Branch approaching Kentville in August 1959.
8131 in Kentville 1959 August 19
No. 8131 in front of the Kentville Water Tower in August 1959.
Turntable, power plant, car shop and No. 8131, from door of roundhouse in August 1959.
No. 8131 in front of the Kentville Roundhouse in August 1959.
No. 8131 and No. 8132 with loco shops and turntable on right, and car shops and power plant on left in August 1959.
CP No. 8131 leading freight at Kentville on July 20, 1967.
No. 8131 on a Kingsport local run passes the Kentville Roundhouse on July 20, 1967.
Kentville Train No. 24 to Truro Train No. 21 4th class freight led by No. 8131 approaching Windsor from causeway on July 19, 1975.
No. 8131 switching Train No. 21 at Windsor on July 19, 1975.
CP No. 8131 inside Kentville Car Shop in May 1977.
Engine 8131 leading the Gypsum Train to Hantsport - 13th September 1977
No. 8131 on an eastbound way freight in front of Yarmouth Station in September 1982.
No. 8131 at Truro Railyard on January 19, 1975.
Known Photographs of this Locomotive
References and Footnotes
- CP Locomotive Power Summary 1986
- CP Locomotive Power Summary 1972
- CP Classes and Dimensions of Locomotives
