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Image:DAR2526b.jpg|[[DAR2526|No. 2526]] arriving with [[Train No. 12]] from [[Kingsport]] on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible are switcher [[DAR6227|No. 6227]], [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]], [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding tower]], [[DAR414324|track crane]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant chimney]]. | Image:DAR2526b.jpg|[[DAR2526|No. 2526]] arriving with [[Train No. 12]] from [[Kingsport]] on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible are switcher [[DAR6227|No. 6227]], [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]], [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding tower]], [[DAR414324|track crane]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant chimney]]. | ||
File:KentvilleRailyard_-_LookingEast_-_1958July.png|[[Kentville Railyard]] looking east showing the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]], [[Kentville Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling]] and [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding]] towers and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]], 1958 July 31. | File:KentvilleRailyard_-_LookingEast_-_1958July.png|[[Kentville Railyard]] looking east showing the [[Kentville Boiler Plant|boiler plant]], [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]], [[Kentville Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling]] and [[Kentville Sanding Tower|sanding]] towers and [[Kentville Machine Shop|machine shop]], 1958 July 31. | ||
| + | File:Kentville Sand Tower.jpg|[[Kentville Sanding Tower]], photographer and date unknown, probably circa 1955. | ||
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Revision as of 18:08, 4 November 2016
Top of sanding tower viewed from the coaling tower with roundhouse, and machine shop in the background, 1940s or 50s.
No. 2665 departing Kentville in August 1951 leading Train No. 95. Visible is sanding tower in the background.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arriving with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible are switcher No. 6227, turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant chimney.
Kentville Railyard looking east showing the boiler plant, car shop, freight shed, coaling and sanding towers and machine shop, 1958 July 31.
Kentville Sanding Tower, photographer and date unknown, probably circa 1955.
References and Footnotes
- Good article on modeling the Kentville Sanding Tower design, with drawings: "CPR Single Track Sand House Plans", Canadian Railway Modeller, Train 12 Track 2, January - February 2003, p. 18 - 21.
- Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), Gary Ness, page 17, (good view of sanding tower from the north, September 1958)
External Links
Kentville Sanding tower was based on CPR's Plans for Sand House Plan H-15-17a-1 at Canadian Pacific Historical Association>
