Station For Yarmouth

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Well, after about three weeks of work, hair pulling, failed to load shape file errors, I believe I am finally satisfied with what I believe is the final version of the old wooden DAR station at Yarmouth for MSTS.
This old station served the DAR for many years until its demise and replacement with a "modern" brick building. That building saw the end of DAR and beginning of VIA rail then later CNR. The brick station also served as the Acadian Lines bus depot for a number of years. Finally, even the bus service from Yarmouth to Halifax came to an end.
The brick building was finally demolished and the whole area cleaned up and became the location for Tim Horton's and Wendy's. The TH building was built along the same style as the old wooden train station, but for the convenience of their operation was re-oriented 90 degrees clockwise.

SO - here is what I have put together to be used in my Yarmouth project:

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What time period are you modelling here Harold? The Kentville area from what I remember from Paul was intended to be mid 70's but Paul left lots of "hooks" in the models for me to back date it. I wanted to do the late 30's and early 40's.

How about you?

[hecrowell]

Hi Steve - Well, I never considered a time period, but from the description you gave me and named the straw yellow color, I think my last efforts capture that time period. Let me know what you would like changed, and I will do my level best to accommodate that change.

Here it is......

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I think that 1937 would be perfect. The Boston docks were in full swing, The "New Yorker" was still in service, 4-4-0s, 0-6-0s, 10 wheelers and Pacifics were all running on the railway and best of all, the old Yarmouth station was still in service.

It would be easy enough to run a few years earlier or later which would allow operation of the Flying BLuenose as well.

We also have passenger schedules from that era too for those interested in creating activities that are authentically operational.

Is that a nice time frame to shoot for Harold?

[hecrowell]

OK - Hmmmmmmmm - 1937 huh? ? ? .....Well I guess I better get my modeling skills honed up for this one. Lesee now - 1937 - that means along the waterfront, important buildings like the Parker-Eakins and Killam Brothers buildings would have to be included for shure as the DAR was so important to these two businesses. The buildings still stand today as Rudders Seafood & Brew Pub (ex- Parker-Eakins) and a Marine Museum (ex- Killam Brothers). Parker-Eakins is the yellow building and the Killam Building is the white trimmed in red building. The fixture on the top was the lantern house for ship navigation at night.
Killam Bros and Parker-Eakins Buildings as they appear today


A very important building for the DAR during this time period was the Lakeside Inn owned and operated by the DAR. It was built in 1930 for the DAR .The lakeside inn has since been converted to the Villa St. Joseph-du-Lac which soon will cease its operation here for newer facilities
Lakeside Inn - now Villa St. Joseph-du-Lac


As well, the Boston Boat wharf would be a must - maybe including the SS Yarmouth (or what we as kids used to call the Boston Boat) a combination passenger ferry and cargo ship owned by the DAR tied up at the wharf.

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It would be only a few years later that the old wood station would have vanished so I assume you wanted a time frame that would include the wood station.

[hecrowell]

Sure would - it was one of my very first memories of "trains" as a tyke.

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That's cool! Make it 1937 then for sure. Maybe I'll start collecting Postcard images off eBay of Yarmouth streets and landmarks.

[mountainrail]

Here's a street scene to get you started - from the cars I would say about 1937-37.
Jim O'Donnell

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I think we should continue to put postcards and photos of the town here in this forum because they really don't have anywhere to go in the wiki.

The main street looks really long! Is the clock the post office? What is the turret at the left? Is W STAR the White Star office?

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Steve: Great Main Street picture and to you Jim O'Donnell - the year is actually 1936 (sez so on the picture filename) so thats close enough for our purposes for sure. By the way - just for future reference - the very last building in the background - the one on the right - its roofline points nearly touch that white cloud - well - that's the roofline of the old Grand Hotel and was situated corner of Main and Grand streets.
Yes, the main street was very long and went basically just North of the old golf course to Milton Corner and for all intents and purposes was a straight line - a distance of nearly 3 miles (as measured in those days).
That building you are asking about in the foreground (W STAR) is actually the William Star building situated on corner of Main and Brown Streets. W Star was one of many prominent Jewish business men in Yarmouth. The building with the clock was indeed the old post office - long gone.
Before I posted this, I wanted to verify my reply for accuracy and here is what I found:

By Carla Allen
THE VANGUARD
NovaNewsNow.com
From The Vanguard: http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-i301 ... esday.html

[quote]"At one time in Yarmouth’s history close to half of the stores on Main Street were owned by Jewish people.
Rosalie Star and her husband Victor Indig, former owners of the Midtown Motel, remember those days well. The couple, along with Gertrude Starr and Shirley Throp, will be sharing those memories with others at the Yarmouth Museum and Archives on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Rosalie Star can recall growing up in her grandparent’s home on Doane Street in South End.

Her grandfather, William, was the first patient at the Yarmouth Hospital. He worked on the railroad line and was also a peddler, selling clothing or schmata (rags) door-to-door.

Her father, Danny, would travel to Pubnico and Quinan on Wednesdays to sell ladie’s housedresses, shirts, and pants. His buyers took everything on credit.

William Star owned the landmark building at the corner of Main and Brown Street, known as the William Star and Sons store. He also owned 62 properties"[end quote]

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By the way - here was another of the famous not to mention important buildings in Yarmouth - the Grand Hotel - which I have begun the process of modeling.........

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.......Is it going to be difficult? you betcha - but I will get it. If you want to see what I have done, try my website at: http://www3.nb.sympatico.ca/harold01 Click the "My Models" link. It's very primative at this time but........................................

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This will be another showcase model on the digital DAR!

I liked your web site so far. The Boston Wharf is looking good!

This shot is from the wiki page:
http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?tit ... _wharf.jpg



There are still quite a few more shots of the Boston Wharf from John A. MacIntosh's 1954 photo stream. To see more lke above check it out here:
http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?tit ... Photo_1954

[hecrowell]

Hey! Thats a real good shot of the the Grand Hotel from even beyond the Boston Boat Wharf! It sure demonstrates the truthfulness in my statement about it being visible from the waterfront........... Boy - It must have been one of the few days in Yarouth without fog ! !

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It must have been quite the month because here's another taken a week later and it's crystal clear. You can thank Chuck Conway for this beautiful sized scan from his collection of JAM slides.

http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?tit ... 54_010.jpg