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*Next Station East: [[Port Williams]] | *Next Station East: [[Port Williams]] | ||
*Next Station West: [[Kentville]] | *Next Station West: [[Kentville]] | ||
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==Facilities & Features== | ==Facilities & Features== | ||
| + | *Oak Island Ballast Pit (1930s) Mile 55 | ||
| + | *End of Track after 1993 Mile 54.8<ref>''Canadian Trackside Guide 1999, page 14-124</ref> | ||
| − | The first DAR customer in New Minas was the [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouses]] of the New Minas Fruit Company<ref>1931 Employee Timetable</ref>. After WW II, the fruit warehouse was converted to chickens for the Acadia Co-operative Association and joined by the large Hostess Potato Chip Plant and the Maritime Co-operative, later Atlantic Co-op, bulk feed plant. | + | ==Commerce & Industry== |
| + | The first DAR customer in New Minas was the [[:Category:Apple Warehouses|apple warehouses]] of the New Minas Fruit Company<ref>1931 Employee Timetable</ref>. After WW II, the fruit warehouse was converted to chickens for the Acadia Co-operative Association and joined by the large Hostess Potato Chip Plant and the Maritime Co-operative, later Atlantic Co-op, bulk feed plant. | ||
New Minas was also the location of several [[:Category:Gravel Pits|ballast pits]] used by the DAR including, before WW II, the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] at Mile 55 and in the 1960s, the New Minas Pit at Mile 52.2. The gravel pits in New Minas also provided the last resting place for some old DAR equipment such as [[DAR000003|yard crane No. 3]], scrapped at the Oak Island Ballast Pit and [[DAR000091|Van No. 91, ex coach 32]] scrapped at another New Minas gravel pit. | New Minas was also the location of several [[:Category:Gravel Pits|ballast pits]] used by the DAR including, before WW II, the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] at Mile 55 and in the 1960s, the New Minas Pit at Mile 52.2. The gravel pits in New Minas also provided the last resting place for some old DAR equipment such as [[DAR000003|yard crane No. 3]], scrapped at the Oak Island Ballast Pit and [[DAR000091|Van No. 91, ex coach 32]] scrapped at another New Minas gravel pit. | ||
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*New Minas Ballast Pit (1960s) Mile 52.2 | *New Minas Ballast Pit (1960s) Mile 52.2 | ||
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*Bulk Feed Plant Mile 52.95 | *Bulk Feed Plant Mile 52.95 | ||
*Gert Schmidt Mile 54.7 | *Gert Schmidt Mile 54.7 | ||
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| − | + | ==Description & History== | |
| + | Until the 1960s, New Minas was only a small farm community and did not even have a flag stop station. However after WW II, it became home to several large bulk customers who remained some of the last non-gypsum customers on the DAR. New Minas became the western terminus of the DAR in 1993 when all tracks to the west, including Kentville were abandoned. Rail service finally ended to New Minas in 2007 when the DAR's successor, the Windsor and Hantsport railway stopped running trains west of Hantsport. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:FlyingBluenoseKentville.jpg|The westbound [[Flying Bluenose]] between New Minas and [[Kentville]]. | File:FlyingBluenoseKentville.jpg|The westbound [[Flying Bluenose]] between New Minas and [[Kentville]]. | ||
File:SGM-B0051.jpg|Final resting spot of [[DAR000091|Van No. 91]] at [[New Minas]] on Sept 12, 1964. | File:SGM-B0051.jpg|Final resting spot of [[DAR000091|Van No. 91]] at [[New Minas]] on Sept 12, 1964. | ||
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| − | ==References== | + | ==References & Footnotes== |
| − | <references/> | + | *Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873]]'' |
| + | *[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 11 December 2013
New Minas, Nova Scotia
Mile 52.9 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 68.6 from Halifax)
- Next Station East: Port Williams
- Next Station West: Kentville
Facilities & Features
- Oak Island Ballast Pit (1930s) Mile 55
- End of Track after 1993 Mile 54.8[1]
Commerce & Industry
The first DAR customer in New Minas was the apple warehouses of the New Minas Fruit Company[2]. After WW II, the fruit warehouse was converted to chickens for the Acadia Co-operative Association and joined by the large Hostess Potato Chip Plant and the Maritime Co-operative, later Atlantic Co-op, bulk feed plant.
New Minas was also the location of several ballast pits used by the DAR including, before WW II, the Oak Island Ballast Pit at Mile 55 and in the 1960s, the New Minas Pit at Mile 52.2. The gravel pits in New Minas also provided the last resting place for some old DAR equipment such as yard crane No. 3, scrapped at the Oak Island Ballast Pit and Van No. 91, ex coach 32 scrapped at another New Minas gravel pit.
Industries Served By Rail
- New Minas Ballast Pit (1960s) Mile 52.2
- New Minas Fruit Company/Acadia Co-operative Mile 52.9
- Bulk Feed Plant Mile 52.95
- Gert Schmidt Mile 54.7
Description & History
Until the 1960s, New Minas was only a small farm community and did not even have a flag stop station. However after WW II, it became home to several large bulk customers who remained some of the last non-gypsum customers on the DAR. New Minas became the western terminus of the DAR in 1993 when all tracks to the west, including Kentville were abandoned. Rail service finally ended to New Minas in 2007 when the DAR's successor, the Windsor and Hantsport railway stopped running trains west of Hantsport.
Operations & Orders
Gallery
The westbound Flying Bluenose between New Minas and Kentville.
Final resting spot of Van No. 91 at New Minas on Sept 12, 1964.
Final resting spot of Van No. 91 at New Minas on Sept 12, 1964.
Oak Island Ballast Pit viewed from the old DAR mainline, July 2012
Old DAR sign on the overgrown spur to the Oak Island Ballast Pit, July 2012
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
