Windsor Junction

Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia

Mile 0 on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 15.7 on Canadian National's Bedford Subdivision)

• Next Station East: Bedford
• Next Station West: Beaver Bank

The Dominion Atlantic branched from Canadian National's Bedford Subdivision at Windsor Junction where a wye and interchange tracks connected the DAR's Halifax Subdivision to the Canadian National. DAR trains continued on to Halifax with running rights on 15 miles of CN's Bedford Subdivision into Halifax.

Facilities & Features

• Windsor Junction Station
• Windsor Junction Freight Shed
• Windsor Junction Railyard

Gallery

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  Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.

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  RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Windsor Junction Station, circa 1970.

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  The start of the east and west legs of the wye as headed to Halifax.

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  Set-outs from the DAR at Windsor Jct. in May 1993.

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  Set-outs from the DAR at Windsor Jct. in May 1993.

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  Windsor Junction right at the switch where the DAR branches off from the CN mainline on September 13, 2011.

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  Windsor Junction looking west on September 13, 2011. The pile of boards in the centre right appears to be all that is left of the Windsor Junction Freight Shed.

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  Windsor Junction proceeding west, just past the station on September 13, 2011.

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  Windsor Junction wye looking eastbound.

References & Footnotes

• 1969 Memorandum of General Information

External Links

• "Canadian National Railway Employee Timetable Bedford Subdivision April 28, 1974", p. 16, Railways of Canada Archives
• Oblique aerial photo of the Windsor Junction Wye - Canada Science and Technology Museum Image STR04095a.
• DAR 9059 at Windsor Jct. in 1970