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Image:Digby.jpg|DAR train at the Bear River Curve, circa 1900. | Image:Digby.jpg|DAR train at the Bear River Curve, circa 1900. | ||
Image:R-105.jpg|[[DAR2528|No. 2528]] eastbound at the [[Bear River]] Curve, circa 1950. | Image:R-105.jpg|[[DAR2528|No. 2528]] eastbound at the [[Bear River]] Curve, circa 1950. | ||
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Image:DAR main near Bear R NS 8-5-73.jpg|Bear River Curve 1973. | Image:DAR main near Bear R NS 8-5-73.jpg|Bear River Curve 1973. | ||
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Revision as of 21:48, 15 December 2009
Bear River, Nova Scotia
- Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 13.6
- Elevation 42'
- Passing Track 914' long at station.
Bear River had a large wooden passenger and freight station built to Intercolonial Railway plans by the federal government when they constructed the missing link between Annapolis Royal and Digby including the massive Bear River Bridge, a mile east of the station.
Features & Facilities
Gallery
Track Schematic for Bear River.
Bear River circa 1890s.
Bear River circa 1890s.
Bear River station area to west of Bear River Bridge with Flying Bluenose, Train No. 124, circa 1906.
DAR train at the Bear River Curve, circa 1900.
No. 2528 eastbound at the Bear River Curve, circa 1950.
Train No. 95 at the Bear River curve in "Trains" magazine, 1951.
Bear River Curve 1973.
References
Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, page 16, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol.
