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[[Image:18891115-W&ARPTT Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover of the [[18891115-W&ARPTT|1889 Passenger Schedule]].]]
 
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The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at [[Windsor]] with [[Annapolis Royal]]. Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad guage of 5' 6", it converted to standard guage of 4' 8 1/2" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the [[:Category:Western Counties Railway|Western Counties Railway]] (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville]] and [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax]] subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in [[Kentville]] as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Altantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.
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The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at [[Windsor]] with [[Annapolis Royal]]. Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad gauge of 5' 6", it converted to standard guage of 4' 8 1/2" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the [[:Category:Western Counties Railway|Western Counties Railway]] (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the [[:Category:Subdivision Kentville|Kentville]] and [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax]] subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in [[Kentville]] as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Altantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.
  
 
==W&AR Locomotives==
 
==W&AR Locomotives==
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The locomotives below are the W&A standard gauge locomotives which later became DAR locomotives. The W&A also had an earlier generation of broad gauge locomotives which never made it to the the DAR.
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*[[DAR0014|W&AR No. 1 "Evangeline"]] later DAR No. 14
 
*[[DAR0014|W&AR No. 1 "Evangeline"]] later DAR No. 14
 
*[[DAR0013|W&AR No. 2 "Gabriel"]] later DAR No. 13
 
*[[DAR0013|W&AR No. 2 "Gabriel"]] later DAR No. 13

Revision as of 19:33, 22 October 2012


Windsor and Annapolis Railway

Cover of the 1889 Passenger Schedule.

The Windsor and Annapolis Railway (W&AR) was the most significant of the founding companies of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The W&AR was formed by Nova Scotian railway promoters and British investors in 1864 to connect the government owned "Windsor Branch" of the Nova Scotia Railway at Windsor with Annapolis Royal. Construction was completed in 1869. The railway struggled at first but soon developed a growing passenger and freight traffic from the Annapolis Valley. Built at first to the broad gauge of 5' 6", it converted to standard guage of 4' 8 1/2" in 1875. The W&AR faced a formidable rival in the Western Counties Railway (WCR) which used political connections several times to take control of the lucrative "Windsor Branch". The W&AR merged with the WCR in 1894 to create the Dominion Atlantic Railway with the W&AR's old mainline becoming the Kentville and Halifax subdivisions of the Dominion Atlantic. The W&AR was the senior partner in the merger which established the old W&AR headquarters in Kentville as the headquarters of the new company. The Dominion Altantic inherited the W&AR's "Land of Evangeline" identity and the W&AR's livery of bright magenta red locomotives. The W&AR was also a small-scale builder of wooden railway passenger and freight cars at its Kentville Shops, building several cars that survived into the DAR fleet.

W&AR Locomotives

The locomotives below are the W&A standard gauge locomotives which later became DAR locomotives. The W&A also had an earlier generation of broad gauge locomotives which never made it to the the DAR.

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References and Footnotes

Subcategories

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