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| + | =Yarmouth, Nova Scotia= | ||
Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 86.0 | Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 86.0 | ||
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| + | Yarmouth was the western terminus of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. Tracks continued a few hundred feet west to interchange with the [https://hswdpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Yarmouth Halifax and South Western Railway.] | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
==Features & Facilities== | ==Features & Facilities== | ||
| + | *[[Yarmouth Station]] | ||
| + | *[[Yarmouth Wharf]] | ||
| + | *[[Yarmouth Railyard]] | ||
*[[Yarmouth Coaling Facility]] | *[[Yarmouth Coaling Facility]] | ||
*[[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] | *[[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] | ||
*[[Yarmouth Freight Shed]] | *[[Yarmouth Freight Shed]] | ||
| − | *[[Yarmouth | + | *[[Yarmouth Ticket Office]] |
| − | *[[Yarmouth | + | *[[Yarmouth Wye]] |
| − | *[[Yarmouth Rail Yard]] | + | |
| + | *'''Click here to see the 1925 [[Yarmouth Rail Yard Blueprint]] with trackage, industries and property lines.''' | ||
==Local Industries and Businesses== | ==Local Industries and Businesses== | ||
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*[[Dominion Textile Company]] | *[[Dominion Textile Company]] | ||
*[[Garson's Scrap Metal]] | *[[Garson's Scrap Metal]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[I M O Foods Ltd]] |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | Image:Yarmouth.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR0016|No. 16 ]] beside the wharf at [[Yarmouth]] circa 1900. | + | File:WCR First Train - CPR No 2002.jpg|thumb|400px|left|[[WCR]] Picnic Train at [[Yarmouth]], probably May 11, 1875. |
| + | File:200804527.jpg|[[Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889]] with the [[Yarmouth Station]]; [[Yarmouth Enginehouse|Enginehouse]]; [[Dominion Textile Company|Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company]] and views of [[Hebron]] and [[Weymouth]], 1889. | ||
| + | File:Yar2.JPG|Detail of [[Yarmouth Railyard]], facilities and customers in the [[Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889]]. | ||
| + | File:PH-10-DAR4 Dominion Atlantic Railway Station - Boston () Warf and Ticket Office.jpg|Yarmouth Ticket Office, circa 1900. | ||
| + | Image:PC-56-3 Train Leaving Yarmouth Wharf.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR0016|No. 16 ]] beside the wharf at [[Yarmouth]] circa 1900. | ||
Image:Yarmouth N.S 1910.jpg|A slightly different view of [[DAR0016|No. 16]] switching cars on the [[Yarmouth Wharf]]. | Image:Yarmouth N.S 1910.jpg|A slightly different view of [[DAR0016|No. 16]] switching cars on the [[Yarmouth Wharf]]. | ||
| − | + | File:Kalkman28.jpg|[[DAR0026|No. 26, "Governor Cox"]] with a [[DAR003858|Baggage Express Car No. 3858]] in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox at [[Yarmouth]] on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924. | |
| + | File:Kalkman26.jpg|[[DAR0026|No. 26, "Governor Cox"]] with [[DAR003858|Baggage Express Car No. 3858]] and Canadian National business car No. 54 in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox in [[Yarmouth]] on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman27.jpg|Canadian National business car No. 54 and [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Dominion Atlantic business car "Nova Scotia"]] at [[Yarmouth]] in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924. | ||
| + | File:201216217.jpg |[[Yarmouth]] Water Front 31st July 1931. The two vessels are likely SS ''Evangeline'' and SS ''Yarmouth''. | ||
| + | File:Yarmouth Cotton Mills.jpg|[[Yarmouth]] Cotton Mills, with DAR tracks adjacent, 1931 | ||
Image:Lakeside Inn.jpg|The DAR's Lakeside Inn, Yarmouth, as depicted in the DAR 1936 Time Table. | Image:Lakeside Inn.jpg|The DAR's Lakeside Inn, Yarmouth, as depicted in the DAR 1936 Time Table. | ||
| − | Image:Dayliner arriving.jpg|Westbound Evangeline passes [[Dominion Textile Company]] in the 1980's. | + | Image:DAR train 98 Yarmouth, NS, engine 2551 , August 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (II)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. |
| + | Image:Yarmouth Wharf 1949.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] and engine [[DAR2551|No. 2551]] meeting the [[SS Yarmouth (II)|SS Yarmouth]] at the [[Yarmouth Wharf|Boston boat dock]] at [[Yarmouth]], NS in August, 1949. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman35A.jpg|[[DAR2552|Locomotive No. 2552]] and tank car in a minor mishap at [[Yarmouth]], Aug. 8, 1950. | ||
| + | File:AndrewChisholm1.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company]], August 28, 1953. | ||
| + | File:Womanandlocomotive.jpg|Locomotive [[DAR2629|No. 2629]] at [[Yarmouth]] with [[DAR004086|baggage & express car No. 4086]] and the 1948 [[Yarmouth Station]] visible in background, circa 1958. | ||
| + | Image:Dayliner arriving.jpg|Westbound Evangeline passes [[Dominion Textile Company]] in the 1980's. | ||
| + | File:25075 VIA 6136 6119 WINDSOR JCT 1990-JA-13 Bill Linleymedres.jpg|RDCs [[VIA6136|No. 6136]] and [[VIA6119|No. 6119]] at the [[Windsor Junction Station]] at the end of DAR passenger service, Jan. 13 1990. | ||
| + | File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG|Last Halifax - Yarmouth Passenger Run on DAR - Yarmouth, Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 7 March 2025
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 86.0
Yarmouth was the western terminus of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. Tracks continued a few hundred feet west to interchange with the Halifax and South Western Railway.
History
Features & Facilities
- Yarmouth Station
- Yarmouth Wharf
- Yarmouth Railyard
- Yarmouth Coaling Facility
- Yarmouth Enginehouse
- Yarmouth Freight Shed
- Yarmouth Ticket Office
- Yarmouth Wye
- Click here to see the 1925 Yarmouth Rail Yard Blueprint with trackage, industries and property lines.
Local Industries and Businesses
Gallery
Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889 with the Yarmouth Station; Enginehouse; Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company and views of Hebron and Weymouth, 1889.
Detail of Yarmouth Railyard, facilities and customers in the Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889.
Yarmouth Ticket Office, circa 1900.
A slightly different view of No. 16 switching cars on the Yarmouth Wharf.
No. 26, "Governor Cox" with a Baggage Express Car No. 3858 in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox at Yarmouth on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924.
No. 26, "Governor Cox" with Baggage Express Car No. 3858 and Canadian National business car No. 54 in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox in Yarmouth on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924.
Canadian National business car No. 54 and Dominion Atlantic business car "Nova Scotia" at Yarmouth in official train for Massachusetts Governor Channing Cox on either July 21, 1923 or July 28, 1924.
Yarmouth Water Front 31st July 1931. The two vessels are likely SS Evangeline and SS Yarmouth.
Yarmouth Cotton Mills, with DAR tracks adjacent, 1931
The DAR's Lakeside Inn, Yarmouth, as depicted in the DAR 1936 Time Table.
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
Locomotive No. 2552 and tank car in a minor mishap at Yarmouth, Aug. 8, 1950.
No. 2551 in Yarmouth with the Dominion Textile Company, August 28, 1953.
Locomotive No. 2629 at Yarmouth with baggage & express car No. 4086 and the 1948 Yarmouth Station visible in background, circa 1958.
Westbound Evangeline passes Dominion Textile Company in the 1980's.
RDCs No. 6136 and No. 6119 at the Windsor Junction Station at the end of DAR passenger service, Jan. 13 1990.
Last Halifax - Yarmouth Passenger Run on DAR - Yarmouth, Jan. 14, 1990.
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