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| − | Image:KentYardBuildings2.JPG|Kentville roundhouse, turntable and | + | Image:KentYardBuildings2.JPG|Kentville roundhouse, turntable and [[Kentville Machine Shops|machine shop]] from the [[Kentville Coaling Tower|coaling tower]], 1940s or 50s. |
Image:DAR0470d.jpg|[[Train No. 14]] arriving at Kentville led by [[DAR0470|No. 470]]. [[Kentville Roundhouse|engine terminal]] at left. [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] in centre. August 1949. | Image:DAR0470d.jpg|[[Train No. 14]] arriving at Kentville led by [[DAR0470|No. 470]]. [[Kentville Roundhouse|engine terminal]] at left. [[Kentville Water Tower|water stand pipe]] in centre. August 1949. | ||
Image:Inspection Car H-107 1954.jpg|[[Inspection Cars|Inspection car H-107]] beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in [[Kentville]] on July 3, 1954. | Image:Inspection Car H-107 1954.jpg|[[Inspection Cars|Inspection car H-107]] beside the [[Kentville Roundhouse|roundhouse]] in [[Kentville]] on July 3, 1954. | ||
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Kentville Roundhouse
1916 - the DAR constructs a 5-stall roundhouse at the west end of the Kentville yard where DAR subsidiary the Cornwallis Valley Railway branches off for Kingsport.
1926 - CPR expands its subsidiary's roundhouse in Kentville, adding 5 additional stalls.
1961 - Canadian Pacific Railway stops using the roundhouse for locomotive maintenance.
2007 - The roundhouse is demolished.
Gallery
Kentville roundhouse, turntable and machine shop from the coaling tower, 1940s or 50s.
Train No. 14 arriving at Kentville led by No. 470. engine terminal at left. water stand pipe in centre. August 1949.
- Inspection Car H-107 1954.jpg
Inspection car H-107 beside the roundhouse in Kentville on July 3, 1954.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
Roundhouse turntable view of CPR No. 6227 at Kentville on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arriving at Kentville with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on August 27, 1956. Visable as well, yard switcher No. 6227, roundhouse turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant smoke stack.
No. 6227 in front of the turntable with the water standpipe behind on August 27, 1956.
No. 1092 in Kentville, N.S. roundhouse on August 27, 1956.
- 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.
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. 8131 on a Kingsport local run passes the Kentville Roundhouse on July 20, 1967.
