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==CPR8132==
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Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as [[:Category:SW1200RS|SW1200RS]], Serial No. A 1732, No. 8132 in 1959. Retired in 2003 then converted by CP to Yard Control Unit No. 1155 in June 2004.
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=Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8132=
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*Builder No.: A1732
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No. 8032 arrived on the D.A.R in 1959. First photographic evidence of it was in April 1959<ref>Harold Jenkins Collection</ref>. Last photographic evidence of it was in 1985. Retired in 2003 then converted by CP to Yard Control Unit No. 1155 in June 2004. Retired 7/2012.<ref>Canadian Trackside Guide 2014, p. 1-50.</ref>
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==Operational Appearances==
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Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with loco shops and [[Kentville Turntable|turntable]] on right, and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shops]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]] on left in August 1959.
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File:DAR - Kentville Roundhouse with Engine 8134-12June1960.JPG|The [[Kentville Roundhouse]] with diesels [[CPR8135|No. 8135]], [[CPR8132|No. 8132]], [[CPR8137|No. 8137]], [[CPR8133|No. 8133]], [[CPR8140|No. 8140]], [[CPR8134|No. 8134]], the [[DAR000003#Dominion_Atlantic_Railway_Track_Crane_No._3.|DAR Track Crane No. 3]] and the [[Canada Foods Plant]] smokestack, June 12, 1960.
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File:DAR - Pemberton Station Engine 8132 - Harold Jenkins Photo-1961.jpg|[[Pembertons]] Station relocated to the [[Windsor Railyard]] with [[CPR8132|locomotive 8132]] and the [[Windsor Water Tower]] in the background, 1961.
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Image:CP8132d.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with westbound freight at [[Fairview Junction|Fairview Cove]] in July 1973.
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Image:CP8132c.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with westbound freight and CN RDCs at [[Fairview Junction|Fairview Cove]] in July 1973.
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File:Slide 39 - may 76.JPG | Engine 8132 in Kentville - May 1976
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File:Slide 66 - 21 may 76.JPG| Ening 8132 with 8137 & 8134 on siding in Kentville - 21st May 1976.
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File:Slide 19 - 23 may 76.JPG| Engine 8132 in Kentville - 23rd May 1976
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Image:CP8132a.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Kentville]] August 1974 beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] with the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] behind.
 
Image:CP8132a.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Kentville]] August 1974 beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] with the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] behind.
Image:CPR8132c.JPG|CPR No. 8132 at Truro in 1978.
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Image:CPR8137 Kentville Railyard 1977.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] & [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] roll by the work train in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in [[Kentville]] on August 17, 1977.
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File:CPR8132-8137a.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] & [[CPR8137|No. 8137]] leading Halifax to Kentville freight at [[Kentville]] on August 17, 1977.
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Image:CPR8132c.JPG|CPR [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Truro]] in 1978.
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Image:CP8132b.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with [[Train No. 22|M22]] arrives at [[Windsor]] at 12:05pm on October 17, 1979.
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Image:CPR8132b.jpg|CPR [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] switching at [[Windsor]], N.S. on October 17, 1979 after arriving as [[Train No. 22|M22]] from [[Truro]].
 
Image:CPR8132b.jpg|CPR [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] switching at [[Windsor]], N.S. on October 17, 1979 after arriving as [[Train No. 22|M22]] from [[Truro]].
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File:CP8132 wb Windsor causeway 1230 17OC79.jpg|[[Windsor]], with [[CPR8132|CPR Locomotive 8132]] and freight train on the [[Avon River Causeway]] and a Southern Railroad boxcar parked at the [[L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]], Oct. 17, 1979.
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Image:Engine jan1985.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Yarmouth]] in 1985.
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Image:Engine.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Yarmouth]] sometime in the 1980's.
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File:01350006.JPG|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] parked on one of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] tracks.
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==References and Footnotes==
 
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==External Links==
 
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* [http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Equipment_List/Locomotive_Power_Summary_Jan_1986.pdf CP Locomotive Power Summary 1986]
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* [http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Equipment_List/Locomotive_Power_Summary_Jan_1972.pdf CP Locomotive Power Summary 1972]
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* [http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Equipment_List/Classes_and_Dims_of_Locomotives_1971.pdf CP Classes and Dimensions of Locomotives]
 
* [http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208100/CP%208132.htm Pictorial Roster at Mountain Railway dot com]
 
* [http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208100/CP%208132.htm Pictorial Roster at Mountain Railway dot com]
  
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[[Category:DRS-12b]]
 
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[[Category:General Motors Electro-Motive Division]]
 
[[Category:General Motors Electro-Motive Division]]

Latest revision as of 11:09, 25 February 2023


Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8132

  • Builder No.: A1732
  • 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 April 1959[1]. Last photographic evidence of it was in 1985. Retired in 2003 then converted by CP to Yard Control Unit No. 1155 in June 2004. Retired 7/2012.[2]


Operational Appearances


Gallery


Known Photographs of this Locomotive


References and Footnotes

  1. Harold Jenkins Collection
  2. Canadian Trackside Guide 2014, p. 1-50.

External Links