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Image:KentYardBuildings1.JPG|Car Shops seen from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|Coaling Tower]], circa late 1940s, early 1950s. | Image:KentYardBuildings1.JPG|Car Shops seen from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|Coaling Tower]], circa late 1940s, early 1950s. | ||
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Image:DAR2665b.jpg|[[DAR2665|No. 2665]] in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in August 1951 after bringing in [[Train No. 95]] from [[Halifax]]. Also visible is business card [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] parked against the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] and to the left the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]]. | Image:DAR2665b.jpg|[[DAR2665|No. 2665]] in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in August 1951 after bringing in [[Train No. 95]] from [[Halifax]]. Also visible is business card [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] parked against the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] and to the left the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]]. | ||
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Image:DAR2516a.jpg|[[DAR2516|Engine No. 2516]] loco for [[Train No. 95]] heading to engine service facilities in front of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in August 1951. [[Kentville Boiler Plant]] exhaust stack behind that. | Image:DAR2516a.jpg|[[DAR2516|Engine No. 2516]] loco for [[Train No. 95]] heading to engine service facilities in front of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in August 1951. [[Kentville Boiler Plant]] exhaust stack behind that. | ||
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Image:DAR0470b.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] in front of [[Kentville Car Shop]] at [[Kentville]] in August 1951. | Image:DAR0470b.jpg|[[DAR0470|No. 470]] in front of [[Kentville Car Shop]] at [[Kentville]] in August 1951. | ||
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File:KentvilleRailyard_-_LookingEast_-_1958July.png|[[Kentville Railyard]] looking east showing the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]], [[Kentville Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling]] and [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding]] towers and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]], 1958 July 31. | File:KentvilleRailyard_-_LookingEast_-_1958July.png|[[Kentville Railyard]] looking east showing the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]], [[Kentville Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling]] and [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding]] towers and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]], 1958 July 31. | ||
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Image:CPR8138 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]], '58 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | Image:CPR8138 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]], '58 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | ||
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Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[:Category:Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | ||
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| + | File:CPR8131f.jpg|[[Kentville Roundhouse|Turntable]], [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] and [[CPR8131|No. 8131]], from door of [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in August 1959. | ||
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Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with loco shops and [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]] on right, and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shops]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]] on left in August 1959. | Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with loco shops and [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]] on right, and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shops]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]] on left in August 1959. | ||
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Image:Kentville Railyard 1961.jpg|View of the [[Kentville Railyard]] looking east from the roundhouse in 1961. | Image:Kentville Railyard 1961.jpg|View of the [[Kentville Railyard]] looking east from the roundhouse in 1961. | ||
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File:Kentville_Railyard_-_1967.png|Kentville Railyard looking west with the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coal tower]] on the left and the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in the very back and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] to the right, 1967. | File:Kentville_Railyard_-_1967.png|Kentville Railyard looking west with the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coal tower]] on the left and the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in the very back and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] to the right, 1967. | ||
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Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visible are the [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], Engine [[CPR8136|No. 8136]], the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]]. | Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visible are the [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], Engine [[CPR8136|No. 8136]], the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]]. | ||
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Image:CPR8136b.jpg|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at the [[Kentville Car Shop]] circa 1972. | Image:CPR8136b.jpg|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at the [[Kentville Car Shop]] circa 1972. | ||
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File:01350007.JPG|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] parked on one of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] tracks. | File:01350007.JPG|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] parked on one of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] tracks. | ||
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File:01350006.JPG|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] parked on one of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] tracks. | File:01350006.JPG|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] parked on one of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] tracks. | ||
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File:CP 415786 Kentville NS Aug 10, 1971.jpg|Ex-Tender now MOW Water Car [[DAR415786|No. 415786]] at Kentville beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] on August 10, 1971. | File:CP 415786 Kentville NS Aug 10, 1971.jpg|Ex-Tender now MOW Water Car [[DAR415786|No. 415786]] at Kentville beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] on August 10, 1971. | ||
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Image:CPR8138a.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]] at [[Kentville Car Shop]] in Kentville in August 1973. | Image:CPR8138a.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]] at [[Kentville Car Shop]] in Kentville in August 1973. | ||
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Image:CP8132a.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Kentville]] August 1974 beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] with the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] behind. | Image:CP8132a.jpg|[[CPR8132|No. 8132]] at [[Kentville]] August 1974 beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] with the [[Kentville Repair Shop]] behind. | ||
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Image:CPR8137-8139a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] & unknown sister inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in June 1976. | Image:CPR8137-8139a.jpg|[[CPR8137|No.8137]] and [[CPR8139|No. 8139]] & unknown sister inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in June 1976. | ||
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Image:CP8131 inside Kentville shops May 1977 David Othen medium.jpg|CP [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in May 1977. | Image:CP8131 inside Kentville shops May 1977 David Othen medium.jpg|CP [[CPR8131|No. 8131]] inside [[Kentville Car Shop]] in May 1977. | ||
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Image:Car Shop Kentville 1977.jpg|Diesel shop in Kentville, formerly the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] on August 17, 1977. | Image:Car Shop Kentville 1977.jpg|Diesel shop in Kentville, formerly the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]] on August 17, 1977. | ||
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Image:CPR8136a.jpg|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] and two sisters at the [[Kentville Car Shop]] on July 7, 1979. | Image:CPR8136a.jpg|[[CPR8136|No. 8136]] and two sisters at the [[Kentville Car Shop]] on July 7, 1979. | ||
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Image:No date.jpg|Two cabooses and a layover VIA RDC are parked by the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in 1989. | Image:No date.jpg|Two cabooses and a layover VIA RDC are parked by the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in 1989. | ||
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Image:August 29, 1993.Kentville-3.jpg|The [[Kentville Car Shop]] as viewed on August 29, 1993. | Image:August 29, 1993.Kentville-3.jpg|The [[Kentville Car Shop]] as viewed on August 29, 1993. | ||
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Image:August 29, 1993.Kentville-4.jpg|The [[Kentville Car Shop]] as viewed on August 29, 1993. | Image:August 29, 1993.Kentville-4.jpg|The [[Kentville Car Shop]] as viewed on August 29, 1993. | ||
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Revision as of 13:40, 1 December 2013
Kentville Car Shop
First Car Shop 1869 to 1937
Built by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in 1869, the car shop in Kentville not only repaired cars but also built many W&A and DAR freight and passengers cars such as DAR passsenger cars No.1, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and baggage cars Nos. 52, 53, 55 and 56. It burned on October 20, 1937.
Gallery
The first recorded photo of the Kentville Station taken in 1869, also showing the Freight Shed and Car Shop.
Kentville Station and Yard with car shop July 27, 1871
Kentville Station with car shop in the background, circa 1904-1914
Second Car Shop 1937 to 199x
Built by DAR Bridge & Building Department after original W & A wooden car shop burned in 1937. Construction began November 1937, finished December 1937: (1)
- 46 feet by 217 feet
- Concrete base, brick tile walls
- Two through tracks
- Attached office
The Car Shop was converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed in the 1960s.
The Shop closed in the late 1980s when locomotive servicing for the three remaining DAR locomotives was moved the Hantsport.(2)
Demolished 200x
Gallery
Car Shops seen from the Coaling Tower, circa late 1940s, early 1950s.
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
Engine No. 2516 loco for Train No. 95 heading to engine service facilities in front of the Kentville Car Shop in August 1951. Kentville Boiler Plant exhaust stack behind that.
No. 470 in front of Kentville Car Shop at Kentville in August 1951.
Kentville Railyard looking east showing the boiler plant, car shop, freight shed, coaling and sanding towers and machine shop, 1958 July 31.
No. 8138, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visable from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
1958 Pontiac inspection car at the SE corner of the Kentville Car Shop in Kentville.
Turntable, power plant, car shop and No. 8131, from door of roundhouse in August 1959.
No. 8131 and No. 8132 with loco shops and turntable on right, and car shops and power plant on left in August 1959.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
Kentville Railyard looking west with the coal tower on the left and the roundhouse in the very back and car shop to the right, 1967.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visible are the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136, the Kentville Roundhouse and the corner of the Kentville Car Shop.
No. 8136 at the Kentville Car Shop circa 1972.
No. 8136 parked on one of the Kentville Car Shop tracks.
No. 8132 parked on one of the Kentville Car Shop tracks.
Ex-Tender now MOW Water Car No. 415786 at Kentville beside the Kentville Car Shop on August 10, 1971.
No. 8138 at Kentville Car Shop in Kentville in August 1973.
No. 8132 at Kentville August 1974 beside the Kentville Car Shop with the Kentville Repair Shop behind.
No.8137 and No. 8139 & unknown sister inside Kentville Car Shop in June 1976.
CP No. 8131 inside Kentville Car Shop in May 1977.
Diesel shop in Kentville, formerly the car shop on August 17, 1977.
No. 8136 and two sisters at the Kentville Car Shop on July 7, 1979.
Two cabooses and a layover VIA RDC are parked by the Kentville Car Shop in 1989.
The Kentville Car Shop as viewed on August 29, 1993.
The Kentville Car Shop as viewed on August 29, 1993.
References and Footnotes
(1) Kentville Advertiser, Nov. 10, 1937, Jan. 27, 1938
(2) David Othen, Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years, page 79.
