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Image:Dar2552 train 95 Windsor.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | Image:Dar2552 train 95 Windsor.jpg|Yarmouth mail [[Train No. 95]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] led by [[DAR2552|No. 2552]] in August 1949. | ||
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Image:DAR9059-8136.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] for [[Yarmouth]] and mixed train from [[Truro]] led by [[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at [[Windsor]] in 1959. Visible are [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations. | Image:DAR9059-8136.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] for [[Yarmouth]] and mixed train from [[Truro]] led by [[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at [[Windsor]] in 1959. Visible are [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations. | ||
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Image:CPR9057 at Windsor 1967.jpg|Dayliner [[CPR9057|No. 9057]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] on July 19, 1967. | Image:CPR9057 at Windsor 1967.jpg|Dayliner [[CPR9057|No. 9057]] at [[Windsor Station]] in [[Windsor]] on July 19, 1967. | ||
Revision as of 09:35, 20 May 2019
As one of the first railway terminus in all of Nova Scotia, Windsor has been the home to a variety of stations.
Wood Covered Station 1858 - c. 1881
The first Windsor station was built by the Nova Scotia Railway. Typical of many early stations in the Maritimes, in the era of small locomotives, it had a covered platform. The Windsor platform was expanded in 1871 to cover three tracks: one for the Nova Scotia Railway (now run by the Intercolonial Railway), one for the new Windsor and Annapolis Railway and one for interchange.(1) It included a built in water tank for locomotives fed by rainwater collected from the large roof.(2)
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The first Windsor Station.
Wood Station 1881 - 1965
The second Windsor Station was built to Intercolonial Railway plans during the period when the Intercolonial was still operating the Windsor Branch.
It was painted a CPR tucsan red between 1949 and 1956. It was demolished in November 1965.
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No. 25, "Strathcona" leading the Royal Train at Windsor Station in Windsor NS in 1901.
- Windsor Station circa 1911.jpg
Wood station is behind the brick Windsor Station circa 1911.
Train No. 96 departs for Halifax with No. 1041 leading after leaving station in August 1949.
Windsor Railyard and old Windsor Station on August 28, 1956.
Both the old, being used as an express and baggage depot, and the new Windsor Stations used for passengers on July 30, 1958.
Midland train arrives at CPR station, Windsor in August 1959 passing crew car 411585.
Known Photographs
- Station being torn down. Canadian Science and Technology Museum, Image STR18301a, Jenkins Collection
Brick Station 190?-1970
It was built by Rhodes Curry and almost identical to the Antigonish station built in 1905 by Rhodes Curry which still survives today.(1) The Windsor Station was demolished in July 1970 to make way for the Upper Water Street overpass to HW 101.
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Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.
Morning Express for Yarmouth leaving Windsor Station at Windsor in August 1949.
Both the old, being used as an express and baggage depot, and the new Windsor Stations used for passengers on July 30, 1958.
Dayliner No. 9058, (Train 11) and No. 2627, (T4ain 22) at Windsor Station. Also shown is baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed, Aug. 1, 1958.
Dayliner No. 9058, (Train 11) and No. 2627, (Train 22) at Windsor Station. Also shown is baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed, Aug. 1, 1958.
No. 2627, (Train No. 22) at Windsor Station, Windsor. Photo also shows baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed on August 1, 1958.
Windsor Station, June 1959.
Interior view of the waiting room of the Windsor Station, 1959.
Interior view o the operator's bay of the Windsor Station, 1959.
Passengers from Midland train led by No. 8136 wait for Dayliner from Halifax. Note freight house and station at Windsor in August 1959.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Dayliner No. 9057 en route from Halifax to Kentville at Windsor Station on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Mixed train M22 with locomotive No. 8138 approaching Windsor Station on September 4, 1967.
An interior view of the waiting room of the Windsor Station, just before the station was demolished, July 1970.
Windsor Station awaiting demolition as the Highway 101 overpass is being built, July 1970.
Windsor Station being demolished as tracks are ripped up for the Windsor Causeway realignment, July 1970.
Metal Station 1970-Present
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The Avon River Causeway, the new Windsor Station and new DAR main line all under construction at Windsor September 1970.
The new Windsor Station and new mainline to the Avon River Causeway under construction with the old freight shed in the upper right, October 1970.
RDC 9058 or 9059 passing through Windsor, with the new Windsor Station and Avon River Causeway nearing completion October 11, 1970.
The new Windsor station on August 7, 1973. Note the old freight shed in the centre.
No. 8138, No. 8139 and freights at Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8139 at the Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8136, No. 8138 and van No. 436617 with the freight shed being removed in June 1974.
No. 9062 at the new Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1975.
No. 9062 at the new Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1975.
CPR extra No. 8139 leaving Windsor Station for Kentville on July 19, 1975.
Train No. 1 arriving at Windsor Station, Windsor on Aug 17, 1977.
Train No. 1 at Windsor Station, Windsor on Aug 17, 1977.
No. 6113 another RDC are Westbound, making a stop at Windsor Station on August 21, 1980.
Windsor Station in July 1993.
VIA's 1987 Apple Blossom Special Westbound at Windsor Station.
Windsor Station looking west down the Avon River causeway on August 30, 2011.
Windsor Station close up looking west on August 30, 2011.
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References
(1) Peter M. Latta, Old Railway Stations of the Maritimes (St. Agnes Press, 1998), page 11 and 22.
(2) W.W. Clarke, Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways of Nova Scotia, page 37.
