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==Kingsport, Nova Scotia==
 
==Kingsport, Nova Scotia==
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Subdivision Kingsport]], Mile 13.6
 
[[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Subdivision Kingsport]], Mile 13.6
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Terminus of Subdivision
  
 
Previous Station: [[Pereau]]
 
Previous Station: [[Pereau]]
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Wye with single stall enginehouse
 
Wye with single stall enginehouse
  
Spur on 340 foot pile and cribwork wharf
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Spur line to [[Kingsport Wharf]]
  
 
Waiting room/freight shed and lighthouse at end of wharf
 
Waiting room/freight shed and lighthouse at end of wharf
  
Terminus of Subdivision
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

Revision as of 23:05, 2 January 2009

Kingsport, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 13.6 Terminus of Subdivision

Previous Station: Pereau

Kingsport was the eastern terminus of the CVR branchline. It boasted a large wye with a single stall engine house where the branchline locomotive recieved light servicing and stayed overnight. Because of the short distance to Kentville, there were no water or coaling facilities. Kingsport was home to many of the regular train crews on the branchline and also a summer home to some DAR employees who owned cottages there. The railway terminated on a massive tidal wharf where trains connected with Minas Basin steamers such as the SS Prince Albert and later the MV Kipawo.

Facilities

Siding with fruit warehouse for Mayflower Fruit Company and warehouse for Kingsport Fruit Company

Station with daytime agent operator

Wye with single stall enginehouse

Spur line to Kingsport Wharf

Waiting room/freight shed and lighthouse at end of wharf


Gallery

References and Footnotes

  • Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Timetable September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, pmp -HE.2804 DC

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