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Revision as of 07:18, 22 November 2025
Mount Denson , Nova Scotia
- Mile 36.20 Halifax Subdivision (from Windsor Junction) and Mile 52.43 from Halifax.
Next Station West: Hantsport
Next Station East: Shaw's Bog
Facilities & Features
Built at first with a simple platform, 80 feet long and 12 feet wide,[1] Mount Denson eventually had a simple station shelter, about about 25' x 10-15' wide and no known windows based on image.
Description & History
Mount Denson was the scene of a major head-on collision on July 23, 1894 when a westbound excursion passenger train bound for Bear River hit an eastbound gypsum special. Both engineers were seriously injured, but the passengers escaped unscathed.
A DAR locomotive, No. 556, was named after Mount Denson in the 1920s.[2]
The Highway No. 1 level crossing at Mount Denson received the one of the DAR's first set of wigwag warning signals and bell in the spring of 1937.[3]
Gallery
Collision at Mount Denson at Pentz Bridge between the eastbound Cherry Excursion pulled by W&AR No. 10 "Kentville" on right and a westbound ore train pulled by W&AR No. 4 "Blomidon" on left, July 23, 1894.
1918 TRack Chart of Mount Denson
Mount Denson Station
Topographic map from Avonport to Shaws Bog circa 1956.
Article by H. B. Jefferson about the train wreck at Mount Denson; the creation of the DAR; the beginning of the Flying Bluenose and the parlour car "Haligonian", May 17, 1958.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, page 21
- ↑ Omer Lavallée, Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, p. 351, 352
- ↑ The Advertiser, Feb. 25, 1937 and July 28, 1937
