Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative - Wiki

Use of this site is subject to our Terms & Conditions.

Difference between revisions of "Grafton"

From DARwiki
m
(→‎Gallery: image)
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==Grafton, Nova Scotia==
+
__NOTITLE__
 +
__NOTOC__
 +
=Grafton, Nova Scotia=
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivision Weston]], Mile 9.2
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Subdivision Weston]], Mile 9.2
 +
 +
* Next Station east: [[Woodville]]
 +
* Next Station west: [[Somerset]]
  
 
Spur for Ivor Best warehouse, Mile 8.9
 
Spur for Ivor Best warehouse, Mile 8.9
  
 
Station, travelling agent, Mile 9.2
 
Station, travelling agent, Mile 9.2
  with passing siding, 16 cars and engine
 
  
Spur, 8 cars, for Grafton Fruit Company
+
Passing siding, 16 cars and engine
 +
 
 +
Spur, 8 cars, for Grafton Fruit Company warehouse
 +
 
  
Spur for Welsford Fruit Co, Spicer Road, Mile 11.19
+
Grafton was the site of massive snow plowing struggle in 1915 when locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] fought a three day battle to clear 26 foot drifts and reopen the snow-choked Weston Subdivision.(1) Today Grafton is home of the preserved DAR caboose [[DAR435459|No. 435459]].
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<Gallery>
 
<Gallery>
 +
File:DianeKinsman 2.jpg|DAR locomotive and plow at [[Grafton]], battling drifts to rescue the snow plow wreck at [[Somerset]], January 19, 1923.
 +
File:Graftonwarehouse.jpg|The [[Grafton]] Fruit Company apple warehouse, circa 1930.
 +
Image:100 1368.jpg|Roadbed looking east from Spicer Road towards Grafton, 2007.
 +
File:Graftonvan.JPG|Van [[DAR435459|No. 435459]] preserved in [[Grafton]], NS, March 17, 2013.
 
</Gallery>
 
</Gallery>
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
*Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
+
(1)[[Bishop, George|George Bishop]] "Railway Notes", ''Kentville Advertiser'', March 2, 1939.
 +
 
 +
*Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
 
*1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782
 
*1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782
  

Latest revision as of 19:32, 9 April 2022


Grafton, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Weston, Mile 9.2

Spur for Ivor Best warehouse, Mile 8.9

Station, travelling agent, Mile 9.2

Passing siding, 16 cars and engine

Spur, 8 cars, for Grafton Fruit Company warehouse


Grafton was the site of massive snow plowing struggle in 1915 when locomotive No. 26 fought a three day battle to clear 26 foot drifts and reopen the snow-choked Weston Subdivision.(1) Today Grafton is home of the preserved DAR caboose No. 435459.

Gallery

References and Footnotes

(1)George Bishop "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, March 2, 1939.

  • Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
  • 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782

External Links