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==Somerset, Nova Scotia== | ==Somerset, Nova Scotia== | ||
| − | [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivison Weston]] | + | Mile 12.1 [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivison Weston]] |
Previous Station: [[Grafton]] | Previous Station: [[Grafton]] | ||
Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1 | Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1 | ||
| + | The Somerset station was the only North Mountain Line Station which did not also serve as a dwelling for the section foreman. After the line closed the Somerset and Weston stations were purchased by Charles Adams of Berwick who demolished the Weston station but moved the Somerset Station to Beriwck where is was converted to a house which still stands on South Street.(1) | ||
Siding for 19 cars and engine | Siding for 19 cars and engine | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| − | Image:Somerset train wreck.jpg | + | Image:Somerset train wreck.jpg|Someset train wreck, 1923 |
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| + | (1) ''[[The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia]]'' by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13 | ||
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*Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC | *Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC | ||
*1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782 | *1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782 | ||
Revision as of 20:38, 17 February 2009
Somerset, Nova Scotia
Mile 12.1 Subdivison Weston
Previous Station: Grafton
Station, travelling agent, Mile 12.1 The Somerset station was the only North Mountain Line Station which did not also serve as a dwelling for the section foreman. After the line closed the Somerset and Weston stations were purchased by Charles Adams of Berwick who demolished the Weston station but moved the Somerset Station to Beriwck where is was converted to a house which still stands on South Street.(1)
Siding for 19 cars and engine
Spur, 566 feet/11 cars, for two fruit warehouses
Next Station: Weston
Gallery
Someset train wreck, 1923
References and Footnotes
(1) The Weston Branch and Margaretville in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth M. Clarke, page 13
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
- 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782
