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*CPR Class: [[:Category:D6d|D6d]] | *CPR Class: [[:Category:D6d|D6d]] | ||
| − | No. 556 was assigned to the DAR in the 1920s but was not officially assigned to the DAR until May of 1937. She was scrapped in March of 1947. | + | No. 556 was assigned to the DAR in the 1920s but was not officially assigned to the DAR until May of 1937. She was scrapped in March of 1947. In January 1923, No. 556 rescued [[DAR0039|No. 39]] from a snow plow wreck at [[Somerset]]. |
The locomotive is listed as a D.A.R. unit in both 1941<ref>[[19410101-MP14|1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941]], page 15.</ref> and 1947<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives)]], page 3.</ref>. | The locomotive is listed as a D.A.R. unit in both 1941<ref>[[19410101-MP14|1941 Canadian Pacific Railway Summary Of Equipment, Form M.P. 14 - January 1, 1941]], page 15.</ref> and 1947<ref>[[Omer Lavallée]], ''[[Canadian Pacific Railway Diagrams and Data (Steam Locomotives)]], page 3.</ref>. | ||
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===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
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| + | Image:Somerset train wreck.jpg|Someset train wreck, with locomotives [[DAR0039|No. 39]], [[DAR0556|No. 556]] and snow plow [[DAR0004|No.4]], January 1923. | ||
Image:DAR0556 DAR0044 Kentville 1938 Harold Jenkins SGM-B0047.jpg|Cab of [[DAR0044|No. 44]] & [[DAR0556|No. 556]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] in 1938. | Image:DAR0556 DAR0044 Kentville 1938 Harold Jenkins SGM-B0047.jpg|Cab of [[DAR0044|No. 44]] & [[DAR0556|No. 556]] in front of the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] in 1938. | ||
Image:DAR0556b.jpg|[[DAR0556|No. 556]] passing the CNR coaling tower at Truro. | Image:DAR0556b.jpg|[[DAR0556|No. 556]] passing the CNR coaling tower at Truro. | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 24 June 2013
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 556 "Champdore" "Mount Denson"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
- Originally Built as Class ST12, CPR No. 977, renumbered to CPR 556 and reassigned to D6b class in December of 1907.
Built by Sashsische Maschinenbau A.G., Chemnitz, Germany (Saxon Locomotive Machine Works) in February 1904.
- Builder No. 2843
- 20" x 26" cylinders (Changed from compound 22&33x26 in November 1913)
- 63" drivers
- 53' wheelbase length, engine and tender
- 63' 3" overall pilot to tender coupler
- CPR Class: D6d
No. 556 was assigned to the DAR in the 1920s but was not officially assigned to the DAR until May of 1937. She was scrapped in March of 1947. In January 1923, No. 556 rescued No. 39 from a snow plow wreck at Somerset.
The locomotive is listed as a D.A.R. unit in both 1941[1] and 1947[2].
Name Origin: Champdoré, a carpenter in the settlement at Port Royal.
Name Change
The locomotive was later named "Mount Denson"[3], after the community near Hantsport but based on photographic evidence (see Gallery below) it is unclear if it was ever lettered as Mount Denson.
Gallery
Cab of No. 44 & No. 556 in front of the Kentville Repair Shop in 1938.
No. 556 passing the CNR coaling tower at Truro.
On the Digby wharf in DAR livery. Date unknown.
No. 556 on the point of a derailment with No. 6109 at North Range, 1928.
HO Model of locomotive No. 556 by Dan Conlin
Known Photographs of this locomotive
Number 556 at Kentville. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08398a.
Number 556 at Truro. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08399a.
Number 556 at Kingston. Canada Science and Technology Museum image STR08400a.
