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| − | This summertime fast luxury train was the premier passenger service on the DAR. It began in 1891 when the "missing gap" between [[Digby]] and [[Annapolis Royal]] was closed, creating an opportunity for a fast luxury service aimed at American tourists connecting [[Halifax]] with passenger steamers at [[Yarmouth]]. The DAR purchased the first Pullman parlour cars in all of Canada for the run. The Flying Bluenose was joined by the [[New Yorker]] in the 1920s, a similar fast summer-only train which connected to New York steamships at Yarmouth. The Flying Bluenose appears to have fallen vicitm to the decline in tourism during the depression and was cancelled about 1935. | + | This summertime fast luxury train was the premier passenger service on the DAR. It began in 1891 when the "missing gap" between [[Digby]] and [[Annapolis Royal]] was closed, creating an opportunity for a fast luxury service aimed at American tourists connecting [[Halifax]] with passenger steamers at [[Yarmouth]]. The DAR purchased the first Pullman parlour cars in all of Canada, the [[DARHALIGONIAN|Haligonian]] and [[DARNOVA SCOTIA|Sanspareil]] for the run as well as the observation cars [[DARANNAPOLISROYAL|Annapolis Royal]] and [[DARGRANDPRE|Grand Pre]]. The Flying Bluenose was joined by the [[New Yorker]] in the 1920s, a similar fast summer-only train which connected to New York steamships at Yarmouth. The Flying Bluenose appears to have fallen vicitm to the decline in tourism during the depression and was cancelled about 1935. |
| − | The Flying Bluenose eastbound Yarmouth to Halifax train was [[Train No. 124]] and the westbound Halifax to Yarmouth service was [[Train No. 125 | + | The Flying Bluenose eastbound Yarmouth to Halifax train was [[Train No. 124]] and the westbound Halifax to Yarmouth service was [[Train No. 125]]. |
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[[Category:Named Trains|Flying Bluenose]] | [[Category:Named Trains|Flying Bluenose]] | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 14 October 2008
This summertime fast luxury train was the premier passenger service on the DAR. It began in 1891 when the "missing gap" between Digby and Annapolis Royal was closed, creating an opportunity for a fast luxury service aimed at American tourists connecting Halifax with passenger steamers at Yarmouth. The DAR purchased the first Pullman parlour cars in all of Canada, the Haligonian and Sanspareil for the run as well as the observation cars Annapolis Royal and Grand Pre. The Flying Bluenose was joined by the New Yorker in the 1920s, a similar fast summer-only train which connected to New York steamships at Yarmouth. The Flying Bluenose appears to have fallen vicitm to the decline in tourism during the depression and was cancelled about 1935.
The Flying Bluenose eastbound Yarmouth to Halifax train was Train No. 124 and the westbound Halifax to Yarmouth service was Train No. 125.
