Difference between revisions of "Kentville Car Shop"

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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

Car Shops seen from the Coaling Tower, circa late 1940s, early 1950s.
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.
Engine No. 2516 loco for Train No. 95 heading to engine service facilities in front of the Kentville Car Shop in August 1951. Kentville Boiler Plant exhaust stack behind that.
No. 470 in front of Kentville Car Shop at Kentville in August 1951.
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.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136, the Kentville Roundhouse and the corner of the Kentville Car Shop.
No. 8138 at Kentville Car Shop in Kentville in August 1973.
No. 8132 at Kentville August 1974 beside the Kentville Car Shop with the Kentville Repair Shop behind.
CP No. 8131 inside Kentville Car Shop in May 1977.
Diesel shop in Kentville, formerly the car shop on August 17, 1977.
No. 8136 and two sisters at the Kentville Car Shop on July 7, 1979.

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 ==Gallery==
 <Gallery>
-Image:DarNovaScotia2.jpg|Business Car [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] beside the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in August 1949.
 Image:KentYardBuildings1.JPG|Car Shops seen from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|Coaling Tower]], circa late 1940s, early 1950s.
 Image:DAR2665b.jpg|[[DAR2665|No. 2665]] in the [[Kentville Railyard]] in August 1951 after bringing in [[Train No. 95]] from [[Halifax]]. Also visible is business card [[DARNOVASCOTIA|Nova Scotia]] parked against the [[Kentville Repair Shop|repair shop]] and to the left the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]].