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| − | The Confederation Train was a museum train which crossed Canada in 1967 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada. It visited 60 Canadian communities beginning in Victoria on January 9, arriving in Nova Scotia by October, which included a visit to [[Kentville]], and ending in Montreal on December 5.<ref>[http://www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/technology/en_2007_ConfederationTrain.asp "The Confederation Train" 2007 ''Canadian Railway Hall of Fame'']</ref> Two FP9A locomotives, specially numbered 1867 and 1967 | + | The Confederation Train was a museum train which crossed Canada in 1967 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada. It visited 60 Canadian communities beginning in Victoria on January 9, arriving in Nova Scotia by October, which included a visit to [[Kentville]], and ending in Montreal on December 5.<ref>[http://www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/technology/en_2007_ConfederationTrain.asp "The Confederation Train" 2007 ''Canadian Railway Hall of Fame'']</ref> Two FP9A locomotives, one from CP and one from CN, were specially numbered 1867 and 1967 to haul eight exhibit cars painted with a bold stylized pop art paint scheme. In 1978, the idea was revived by the National Museum of Canada which created the "Discovery Train". It crossed Canada for two years, including a stop in Kentville. <ref>[http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-1967-confederation-train-prototype.html "Canada 150: The 1967 Confederation Train, Prototype and Model", ''CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Subdivision'' Blog July 31, 2009 ]</ref> Rapido trains recreated the train in HO in 2017.<ref>[http://www.rapidotrains.com/content/confed.html ]</ref> |
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The Confederation Train was a museum train which crossed Canada in 1967 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada. It visited 60 Canadian communities beginning in Victoria on January 9, arriving in Nova Scotia by October, which included a visit to Kentville, and ending in Montreal on December 5.[1] Two FP9A locomotives, one from CP and one from CN, were specially numbered 1867 and 1967 to haul eight exhibit cars painted with a bold stylized pop art paint scheme. In 1978, the idea was revived by the National Museum of Canada which created the "Discovery Train". It crossed Canada for two years, including a stop in Kentville. [2] Rapido trains recreated the train in HO in 2017.[3]
Gallery
The Confederation Train parked at Aberdeen Street level crossing, Kentville with the P. R. Ritcey Company in centre, October 1967.
Head end cars of the Confederation Train at the Kentville Station, looking north from Webster Street, October 1967.
