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Image:R85.jpeg|[[DAR0025|No. 25, Strathcona]] with a westbound express at the [[Annapolis Royal Station]]. Note the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Bulk Fuel Depots|bulk fuel]] facility, and old Engine House behind the station. | Image:R85.jpeg|[[DAR0025|No. 25, Strathcona]] with a westbound express at the [[Annapolis Royal Station]]. Note the [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|freight shed]], [[Bulk Fuel Depots|bulk fuel]] facility, and old Engine House behind the station. | ||
| + | File:ARwreck2.jpg|Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the [[Annapolis Royal Railyard]], [[Annapolis Royal Freight Shed|Freight Shed]], the [[Annapolis Royal Enginehouse|enginehouse]], DAR boxcar [[DAR069938|No. 69938]], and DAR boxcar 1310. | ||
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Revision as of 18:35, 9 September 2015
Annapolis Royal Enginehouse
The first enginehouse in Annapolis Royal held three locomotives and an inside turntable.(1) It was built in 1868 to serve as the engine terminal for the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. It was destroyed in a fire on March 11, 1896.(2) A replacement engine house was built. It remained for many years behind the station, later used for storage.(3)
Gallery
No. 25, Strathcona with a westbound express at the Annapolis Royal Station. Note the freight shed, bulk fuel facility, and old Engine House behind the station.
Derailment on May 7, 1922 showing the in the Annapolis Royal Railyard, Freight Shed, the enginehouse, DAR boxcar No. 69938, and DAR boxcar 1310.
References and Footnotes
(1) Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 64.
(2) W.W. Clarke, History of the Earliest Railways of Nova Scotia, page 12.
(3) Note by Doug Schaffner, 8 January 2009.
