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=Lower Truro, Nova Scotia=
 
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 53.04
 
 
Next Station West: [[Truro]]
 
 
Next Station East: [[Clifton]]
 
 
==Facilities & Features==
 
 
*[[Lower Truro Station]]
 
 
==Description & History==
 
 
Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] with [[DAR0027|No. 27]] were in a double headed freight from [[Truro]] and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.<ref>J.B. King "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald''</ref>
 
 
==Operations & Orders==
 
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Image:DAR Wreck 1.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]].
 
Image:DAR Wreck 2.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]].
 
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==References & Footnotes==
 
==References & Footnotes==
 
*[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]]
 
*[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]]
 
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Revision as of 11:07, 10 January 2013


Princeport Road, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Truro, Mile 45.55

Next Station West: Clifton

Next Station East: Green Oaks

Facilities & Features

Description & History

Operations & Orders

Gallery

References & Footnotes

Reference Tag