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| − | Gibson grew up in [[Wolfville]] in the 1930s and went on to become a writer for the Halifax | + | Gibson grew up in [[Wolfville]] in the 1930s and went on to become a writer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald and a United Church minister in Nova Scotia. He was an keen train watcher and photographer in his youth, photographing many DAR locomotives, most often from the vantage point of [[Wolfville Station]] but also documenting their work and origins. He published his photographs, memories and operational details of 1930s DAR trains in a book entitled ''[[Train Time|Train Time: Nostalgic Glimpses of A Wolfville Boyhood During Which Train Watching was a Happy Pastime]]'', published in 1973. |
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Gibson grew up in Wolfville in the 1930s and went on to become a writer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald and a United Church minister in Nova Scotia. He was an keen train watcher and photographer in his youth, photographing many DAR locomotives, most often from the vantage point of Wolfville Station but also documenting their work and origins. He published his photographs, memories and operational details of 1930s DAR trains in a book entitled Train Time: Nostalgic Glimpses of A Wolfville Boyhood During Which Train Watching was a Happy Pastime, published in 1973.
