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DAR0556
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 556 "Champdore"
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
- Originally Built as Class ST12, No. 977, renumbered to 556 and resassigned 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
In May of 1937, No. 556 was officially assigned to the D.A.R. She served just short of 10 years and was scrapped in March of 1947.
It 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 Controversy
The locomotive has been reported as being named "Mount Denson" but photogrpahic evidence (Gallery above) shows only "Champdore".
Gallery
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 at North Range.
Cab of No. 44 & No. 556 in front of the Kentville Repair Shop in 1938.
