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

No. 8131 and No. 8132 with loco shops and turntable on right, and car shops and power plant on left in August 1959.
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.
Pembertons Station relocated to the Windsor Railyard with locomotive 8132 and the Windsor Water Tower in the background, 1961.
No. 8132 with westbound freight at Fairview Cove in July 1973.
No. 8132 with westbound freight and CN RDCs at Fairview Cove in July 1973.
Engine 8132 in Kentville - May 1976
Ening 8132 with 8137 & 8134 on siding in Kentville - 21st May 1976.
Engine 8132 in Kentville - 23rd May 1976
No. 8132 at Kentville August 1974 beside the Kentville Car Shop with the Kentville Repair Shop behind.
No. 8137 & No. 8132 roll by the work train in the Kentville Railyard in Kentville on August 17, 1977.
No. 8132 & No. 8137 leading Halifax to Kentville freight at Kentville on August 17, 1977.
CPR No. 8132 at Truro in 1978.
No. 8132 with M22 arrives at Windsor at 12:05pm on October 17, 1979.
CPR No. 8132 switching at Windsor, N.S. on October 17, 1979 after arriving as M22 from Truro.
Windsor, with 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.
No. 8132 at Yarmouth in 1985.
No. 8132 at Yarmouth sometime in the 1980's.
No. 8132 parked on one of the Kentville Car Shop tracks.