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From the GHRA photograph collection. Van [[DAR436994|436994]] at [[Kentville]], NS, April 14, 1979. Photographer Unknown.
 
From the GHRA photograph collection. Van [[DAR436994|436994]] at [[Kentville]], NS, April 14, 1979. Photographer Unknown.
  
436994 is preserved in the Guelph Historical Railway Association collection. We were quite happy to add this slide to our collection recently. We're more than happy to see this slide added to the DAR Wiki as well, feel free to add this to the website.
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436994 is preserved in the Guelph Historical Railway Association collection.  
  
 
Peter Bishop also comments "That's the west end of the [[Kentville Car Shop|mechanical shop]] in Kentville. The tank on top of the roof... ...stored the sand after it was dried and sent up... ...by air. I Remember going up the ladder and beating the pipe with a hammer because it was clogged quite a ways up."
 
Peter Bishop also comments "That's the west end of the [[Kentville Car Shop|mechanical shop]] in Kentville. The tank on top of the roof... ...stored the sand after it was dried and sent up... ...by air. I Remember going up the ladder and beating the pipe with a hammer because it was clogged quite a ways up."
  
 
This is an interesting and apparently rare shot of not only the van, but of the sanding tower on the roof of the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]].
 
This is an interesting and apparently rare shot of not only the van, but of the sanding tower on the roof of the [[Kentville Car Shop|car shop]].

Latest revision as of 14:13, 6 October 2021

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Posted on Facebook in the DARDPI.CA group https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1919131674927236&set=gm.1460403377661420

From the GHRA photograph collection. Van 436994 at Kentville, NS, April 14, 1979. Photographer Unknown.

436994 is preserved in the Guelph Historical Railway Association collection.

Peter Bishop also comments "That's the west end of the mechanical shop in Kentville. The tank on top of the roof... ...stored the sand after it was dried and sent up... ...by air. I Remember going up the ladder and beating the pipe with a hammer because it was clogged quite a ways up."

This is an interesting and apparently rare shot of not only the van, but of the sanding tower on the roof of the car shop.

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current08:25, 16 September 2021Thumbnail for version as of 08:25, 16 September 20211,280 × 843 (161 KB)Stem (talk | contribs)Posted on Facebook in the DARDPI.CA group https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1919131674927236&set=gm.1460403377661420 From the GHRA photograph collection. Van 436994 at Kentville, NS, April 14, 1979. Photographer Unknown. 436994 is preserved in the Guelph Historical Railway Association collection. We were quite happy to add this slide to our collection recently. We're more than happy to see this slide added to the DAR Wiki as well, feel free to add this to the website.

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