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File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | File:Quarries.jpg|[[:Category:Gypsum_Trains|gypsum quarry]] spurs in the [[Windsor]], [[Dimock's]] and [[Newport]] areas, from geological map, 1909. | ||
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Image:Avon River bridge curve.jpg|Eastern approach tracks to the [[Avon River Bridge]] from downtown [[Windsor]], in 1918, sharpest curve on the DAR. | Image:Avon River bridge curve.jpg|Eastern approach tracks to the [[Avon River Bridge]] from downtown [[Windsor]], in 1918, sharpest curve on the DAR. | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 2 March 2019
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Mile 31.51 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 47.32 from Halifax)
Mile 0 Subdivision Truro
- Next Station West: Falmouth
- Next Station East: Dimock's
- Next Station South: Pembertons
Facilities & Features
- Windsor Railyard
- Windsor Station
- Windsor Freight Shed
- Windsor Water Tower
- Windsor Wharves
- Avon River Bridge
Description & History
Commerce & Industry
Operations & Orders
Gallery
gypsum quarry spurs in the Windsor, Dimock's and Newport areas, from geological map, 1909.
Locomotive No. 380 with crew on the turntable at the Windsor engine house, 1912.
Eastern approach tracks to the Avon River Bridge from downtown Windsor, in 1918, sharpest curve on the DAR.
Engine 999 in Windsor, near the freight shed with boxcar at apple warehouse in background, unknown date.
Train No. 95 leaving Windsor for Yarmouth in August 1949.
Topographic map from Falmouth to Ellershouse circa 1956.
Mainline through Windsor back streets. Doran's Victoria hotel (rear) on left. Bus Station and Taxi Depot on right. Tracks cross Water St in distance (1958)
D.A.R. tracks crossing main street of Windsor on July 31, 1958.
SW1200 with Caboose passing through downtown Windsor 1966
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
Reference Tag
External Links
- Richard Manicom's photo story of Kentville freight Train No. 24 arriving in Windsor switching in the Windsor Railyard to make up the Truro mixed in 1974: Dominion Atlantic Railway Mixed Train Assembly Seen From the Cab Windsor Nova Scotia 1974
