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| − | The Track Scale in [[Windsor]] was a 120 ton Fairbanks model scale installed second hand in 1941,<ref>''[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]]'', page 4</ref> in the [[Windsor Railyard]] on the north side of the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Truro Subdivision]] mainline | + | The Track Scale in [[Windsor]] was a 120 ton Fairbanks model scale installed second hand in 1941,<ref>''[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]]'', page 4</ref> in the [[Windsor Railyard]] on the north side of the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Truro Subdivision]] mainline. A [[Kentville Track Scale|smaller track scale]] was located in [[Kentville]]. The scale was often used to weigh gypsum cars being trans-shipped to other parts of Canada to ensure they did not exceed running limits.<ref>Scale operations are described by Gary Ness in his book ''[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 2)'', page 25.</ref> The scale remained in use when the DAR was sold to the Windsor and Hantsport Railway. Vinyl siding was added over the old CPR clapboard about 2005. |
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 13 October 2017
The Track Scale in Windsor was a 120 ton Fairbanks model scale installed second hand in 1941,[1] in the Windsor Railyard on the north side of the Truro Subdivision mainline. A smaller track scale was located in Kentville. The scale was often used to weigh gypsum cars being trans-shipped to other parts of Canada to ensure they did not exceed running limits.[2] The scale remained in use when the DAR was sold to the Windsor and Hantsport Railway. Vinyl siding was added over the old CPR clapboard about 2005.
Gallery
Dayliner No. 9059 leaving Windsor Railyard for Halifax, with the track scale on the left, August 7, 1973.
References
- ↑ 1969 Memorandum of General Information, page 4
- ↑ Scale operations are described by Gary Ness in his book Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), page 25.
