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D6535

6535 is a part of the National Collection and represents one of the many medium sized locomotives built by British Railways as part of the 1955 Modernisation Plan.

This type of locomotive was ordered by the Southern Region, who after viewing some of the pilot scheme locomotives approached the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company to produce a modified version of locomotives ordered by the Eastern Region. It featured a more powerful engine, electric heating and both air and vacuum train brakes.

They were ordered in two variations, and were to become the standard diesel locomotive of the Southern Region. 98 were built in total, the two initial versions were identical other than that twelve of them were built to the Hastings gauge, i.e. some 8½” narrower.
 
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CN 6541 riding the turntable in the sun at CN's Spadina Roundhouse.
The Toronto skyline is still relatively low but new construction can be seen.
The Royal York Hotel stands just above the centre of the unit and was opened in 1929 by Canadian Pacific as the tallest structure in the British Commonwealth.
The 28 floor structure is dwarfed today by the many buildings in downtown Toronto.
 
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