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File:Kingsport Bus.jpg
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Summary
Photograph of Starr Williams, driver of a CPR bus at the Kentville Station, destined for Kingsport. The photo was taken by Harold Bailey, likely at the start of the service in April, 1947. The Kingsport bus was operated by the Canadian Pacific Transport Company, the CPR's bus division, which operated buses complementing suburban train services in several small Ontario and Quebec cities.[1] The supplemented the existing Kingsport mixed passenger trains from April 1947 until May 1949. When the bus run was discontinued, the DAR replaced it with an other scheduled train run, a rare occasion in Nova Scotia of a bus service being replaced by rail.[2]
The bus was Canadian Pacific Transport Co. No. 7, nicknamed "Queen Mary" built in September 1941 by Yellow Coach, Model PG2903. It first served in the Sherbrooke, Quebec area before being sent to Nova Scotia. After the Kingsport service moved back to trains, the bus was loaded on a flatcar and sent to the Preston area near Kitchener.[3]
Photograph from Cyril White's D.A.R. collection, shared by Penny White in Facebook Post January 3, 2022
References
- ↑ William E. Miller, "Canadian Pacific Transport Company", Electric Lines in Southern Ontario, October 20, 2009, trainweb.org
- ↑ Ed Coleman, "Gone and Almost Forgotten the CVR Bus", Kings County Advertiser Register, 17 April 2013
- ↑ William E. Miller, "Canadian Pacific Transport Co. No. 7", Electric Lines in Southern Ontario, trainweb.org
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