Diesel Loco 6560

[engineeral]

Caption:
MLW 660 hp yard units with multiple unit controls.

The only low horsepower diesels built new with m.u. were Dominion Atlantic 6560 and 6561. These two units fit in the CPR numbering for MLW 660 hp units. Other than DAR RDC's 9058 and 9059 no other diesels were lettered for any subsidiary. These units were used on gypsum trains from Dimocks to Hantsport, NS until 1959 when heavier power was required and they were replaced by 8100's (GMD SW1200RS). They were transferred to Lambton Yard in Toronto where they worked singly on yard and local jobs. After the new hump yard in Agincourt opened they worked as a pair on the Pulldown until 1974 when they were replaced by 7107 and 7108 (MLW S-4) and sent to Sutherland, Saskatchewan.

26 S-3 and S-10 units were modified (including extra weight on S-3's) 1965-1971 to operate in m.u. when increased tonnage required more tractive effort at main terminals including Thunder Bay.

Andy Mc.Culloch Collection/Walter Pfefferle Collection. Courtesy of Old Time Trains.4
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Old Time Trains to me

Alan Taylor:

You are welcome to use the various images on my web site. Kindly ensure each image has full credit as shown plus "Courtesy of Old Time Trains" Bruce Chapman and Bud Laws willingly share their photos. When you have them up on your site, advise me and I will in turn advise them.

On 13 July 2011 15:20, Alan Taylor <omitted> wrote:

I'm Alan Taylor and I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I participate in the DAR Wiki at http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

The wiki has quite a number of pictures but there are some on your Old Time Trains site that I wish we could include as copies on the DAR wiki.

I want to copy them, not just link to them, so if someday you need to change your site then we still have copies.

I don't know how people get to use photos found on some other site except to ask permission of that site. I suppose that you have your own permissions and that those may or may not allow you to pass the photos on.

Anyway, right now I have seen the following pictures which are not on the DAR wiki site:

DAR boxcar 1277
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... r/1277.jpg

DAR business car Nova Scotia
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... Scotia.jpg

steam loco 555
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... ar/555.jpg

steam loco 2516
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... r/2516.jpg

switcher 6560
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... R_6560.jpg

switchers 6560 and 6561
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/p ... 0_6561.jpg

Can you please give permission for copies of these photos to be posted on the DAR wiki?

Thank you

Alan Taylor.