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| + | =Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8137= | ||
| + | [[File:DAR8137 Builders Plate.jpg|thumb|left|400px|The original builder's plate obtained in 1984 from [[DAR8137|No. 8137]] before it's conversion to No. 1246 SW1200 RSu.]] | ||
| + | Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as [[:Category:SW1200RS|SW1200RS]], Serial No. A 1737, No. 8137 in April of 1959. 8137 was the last SW1200RS painted in its original livery on the DAR. It was repainted in the action red livery and overhauled in Montreal in the summer of 1977.<ref>Scotian Railroad Society, ''News August/September 1977''</ref> Rebuilt by CP as [[:Category:SW1200RSu|SW1200RSu]] No. 1246 in 1984. Converted to slug No. 1021 in 1996. Retired 11/2012.<ref>Canadian Trackside Guide 2014.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Operational Appearances== | ||
| + | *[[1961-08-19-0758 - Train No. 14]] | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| − | Image:CPR8133- | + | 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. |
| − | Image:CPR8137a.jpg|[[CPR8137|CP No. 8137]] arriving with mixed train [[Train No. 22|M22]] at Truro in June 1974. | + | |
| − | Image:CP8137 arriving with coach 1303 and caboose from M22 Truro June 1974 DavidOthen medium.jpg|[[CPR8137| | + | Image:CPR8133-8137a.jpg|[[CPR8133]] & [[CPR8137]] leave [[Halifax]] Ocean Terminals westbound in January 1973. |
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| + | Image:CPR8137-8139b.jpg|[[CPR8137|No 8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] with eastbound freight at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137-8139c.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] leading and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] eastbound at [[Rockingham]] in June 1973. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137d.jpg|CP SW1200RS [[CPR8137|No. 8137]] with RS23 and H24 Trainmaster at Cote St. Luc in Montreal in May 1974. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137a.jpg|[[CPR8137|CP No. 8137]] arriving with mixed train [[Train No. 22|M22]] at [[Truro]] in June 1974. | ||
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| + | Image:CP8137 arriving with coach 1303 and caboose from M22 Truro June 1974 DavidOthen medium.jpg|CP [[CPR8137|No. 8137]] arriving with coach [[DAR001303|No. 1303]] and caboose from [[Train No. 22|M22]] [[Truro]] in June 1974. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137b.jpg|[[CPR8137|No 8137]] shunting the [[Train No. 22|M22]] at [[Truro]] in June 1974. | ||
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| + | File:Slide 66 - 21 may 76.JPG| Engine 8137 with 8134 & 8132 on siding in Kentville - 21st May 1976. | ||
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| + | File:Slide 65 - 25 may 76.JPG | Close up shot of rear of Engine 8137 - 25th May 1976. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137-8139a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] & unknown sister inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in June 1976. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137 Windsor 1976 a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] at Windsor on July 6, 1976. | ||
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| + | File:CPR 8133 & 8137 Windsor 1977-05-27.jpg|CPR SW1200RS's [[CPR8133|No. 8133]] and [[CPR8137|No. 8137]] at [[Windsor]], May 27, 1977. | ||
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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:CPR436997.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] at Kentville. Unknown exact date but before August 1977. | ||
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| + | Image:CPR8137 Windsor 1978 a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No. 8137]] at Windsor on May 23, 1978. | ||
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| + | File:35-033 CP 8137 8136 8134 8133 at Rockingham, NS 790602.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] at CN's Rockingham (Halifax) yard in 1979. | ||
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| + | File:SW1200-8137.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] at [[Windsor]], 1979. | ||
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| + | File:8137 with gypsum train at Mantua.jpg|8137 with gypsum train at Mantua, late 1970s. | ||
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| + | File:8137 with gypsum train at Windsor.jpg|8137 with gypsum train at Windsor, late 1970s. | ||
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| + | File:8137 resting at Windsor.jpg|8137 resting at Windsor, late 1970s. | ||
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</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208100/CP%208137.htm Pictorial Roster at Mountain Railway dot com] | ||
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[[Category:Diesel]] | [[Category:Diesel]] | ||
[[Category:SW1200RS]] | [[Category:SW1200RS]] | ||
| + | [[Category:DRS-12b]] | ||
| + | [[Category:General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:07, 8 August 2021
Dominion Atlantic Railway Diesel Locomotive No. 8137
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as SW1200RS, Serial No. A 1737, No. 8137 in April of 1959. 8137 was the last SW1200RS painted in its original livery on the DAR. It was repainted in the action red livery and overhauled in Montreal in the summer of 1977.[1] Rebuilt by CP as SW1200RSu No. 1246 in 1984. Converted to slug No. 1021 in 1996. Retired 11/2012.[2]
Operational Appearances
Gallery
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.
No 8137 and No. 8139 with eastbound freight at Rockingham in June 1973.
No. 8137 leading and No. 8139 eastbound at Rockingham in June 1973.
CP SW1200RS No. 8137 with RS23 and H24 Trainmaster at Cote St. Luc in Montreal in May 1974.
CP No. 8137 arriving with mixed train M22 at Truro in June 1974.
Engine 8137 with 8134 & 8132 on siding in Kentville - 21st May 1976.
Close up shot of rear of Engine 8137 - 25th May 1976.
No.8137 and No. 8139 & unknown sister inside Kentville Car Shop in June 1976.
No. 8137 at Windsor on July 6, 1976.
No. 8137 & No. 8132 roll by the work train in the Kentville Railyard in Kentville on August 17, 1977.
No.8137 at Kentville. Unknown exact date but before August 1977.
No. 8137 at Windsor on May 23, 1978.
No.8137 at CN's Rockingham (Halifax) yard in 1979.
8137 with gypsum train at Mantua, late 1970s.
8137 with gypsum train at Windsor, late 1970s.
8137 resting at Windsor, late 1970s.
