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Mile 52.2 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]]. (Mile 70.7 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]] | Mile 52.2 from [[Windsor Junction]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision]]. (Mile 70.7 from [[Halifax]]) at [[New Minas]] | ||
| − | + | The New Minas ballast pit opened at Mile 52.2 in the 1960s.<ref>DAR Employee Timetable 1963</ref> The Joseph Fritz scrap metal business was located just above the ballast pit and used the pit to scrap railway equipment in the 1960s, including [[DAR000003|Crane No. 3,]] the old Kentville yard crane.<ref>Interview by Dan Conlin with Arthur Lockwood, son of Albert Lockwood, June 30, 2012</ref> | |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 28 December 2013
New Minas Ballast Pit
Mile 52.2 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision. (Mile 70.7 from Halifax) at New Minas
The New Minas ballast pit opened at Mile 52.2 in the 1960s.[1] The Joseph Fritz scrap metal business was located just above the ballast pit and used the pit to scrap railway equipment in the 1960s, including Crane No. 3, the old Kentville yard crane.[2]
Gallery
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.
