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Revision as of 19:41, 28 June 2010
Kingsport, Nova Scotia
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 13.6
Previous Station: Pereau
Kingsport was the eastern terminus of the CVR branchline. It boasted a large wye with a single stall enginehouse where the branch line locomotive received light servicing and stayed overnight. Because of the short distance to Kentville, there were no water or coaling facilities. Kingsport was home to many of the regular train crews on the branchline and also a summer home to some DAR employees who owned cottages there. The railway terminated on the Kingsport Wharf, a long tidal pier where trains connected with Minas Basin steamers such as the SS Prince Albert and later the MV Kipawo.
Facilities
Kingsport Station, north side of main line
Siding for two apple warehouses opposite station, south side of main line:
- Section House at east switch of wye
Wye
Spur line to Kingsport Wharf
- Siding at wharf, abandoned by 1911
Waiting room/freight shed and lighthouse at end of wharf
Features
Gallery
Kingsport Wharf, high and low tide views, with flatcars and gondola on wharf siding, circa 1900.
The Kingsport Wharf, the final terminus of the CVR, showing the second DAR freight shed on the wharf in the last days of the subdivision, circa 1960.
References and Footnotes
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC
