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Image:CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8134|No. 8134]], '58 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | Image:CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8134|No. 8134]], '58 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | ||
Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8138a.jpg|[[CPR8138|No. 8138]] at [[Kentville Car Shop]] in Kentville in August 1973. | ||
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Revision as of 12:00, 10 May 2008
Kentville Car Shop
Built by DAR Bridge & Building Deptartment November to December 1937 after original W & A wooden car shop burned on October 20, 1937.
Concrete base, brick tile walls, two through tracks 46 feet by 217 feet, office attached.
Converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed.
Shop closed 199x
Demolished 200x
Gallery
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
- CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg
No. 8134, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visable from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
1958 Pontiac inspection car at the SE corner of the Kentville Car Shop in Kentville.
No. 8138 at Kentville Car Shop in Kentville in August 1973.
References and Footnotes
- Kentville Advertiser, Nov. 10, 1937, Jan. 27, 1938
