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Image:CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8134|No. 8134]], '58 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | Image:CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg|[[CPR8134|No. 8134]], '58 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]], [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], [[Kentville Roundhouse]], the [[Kentville Water Tower]] and the [[Kentville Car Shop]] all visable from this view of the [[Kentville Railyard]], [[Kentville]] in August 1959. | ||
Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | Image:InspectionCar1958.jpg|1958 Pontiac [[Inspection Cars|inspection car]] at the SE corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]] in [[Kentville]]. | ||
| + | Image:CPR8131-8132.jpg|[[CPR8131|No. 8131]] and [[CPR8132|No. 8132]] with loco shops and [[Kentville Roundhouse|turntable]] on right, and [[Kentville Car Shop|car shops]] and [[Kentville Boiler Plant|power plant]] on left in August 1959. | ||
Image:Kentville Railyard 1961.jpg|View of the [[Kentville Railyard]] looking east from the roundhouse in 1961. | Image:Kentville Railyard 1961.jpg|View of the [[Kentville Railyard]] looking east from the roundhouse in 1961. | ||
Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], Engine [[CPR8136|No. 8136]], the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]]. | Image:CP8136 at Kentville Yard.jpg|[[Kentville]] engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the [[Kentville Coaling Tower]], Engine [[CPR8136|No. 8136]], the [[Kentville Roundhouse]] and the corner of the [[Kentville Car Shop]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 19 September 2008
Kentville Car Shop
Built by DAR Bridge & Building Deptartment November to December 1937 after original W & A wooden car shop burned on October 20, 1937.
Concrete base, brick tile walls, two through tracks 46 feet by 217 feet, office attached.
Converted to Car and Locomotive Shop after Roundhouse closed.
Shop closed 199x
Demolished 200x
Gallery
Car Shops seen from the Coaling Tower, circa late 1940s, early 1950s.
No. 2665 in the Kentville Railyard in August 1951 after bringing in Train No. 95 from Halifax. Also visible is business card Nova Scotia parked against the repair shop and to the left the car shop.
Engine No. 2516 loco for Train No. 95 heading to engine service facilities in front of the Kentville Car Shop in August 1951. Kentville Boiler Plant exhaust stack behind that.
No. 470 in front of Kentville Car Shop at Kentville in August 1951.
- CPR8134 and 58 Pontiac.jpg
No. 8134, '58 Pontiac inspection car, Kentville Coaling Tower, Kentville Roundhouse, the Kentville Water Tower and the Kentville Car Shop all visable from this view of the Kentville Railyard, Kentville in August 1959.
1958 Pontiac inspection car at the SE corner of the Kentville Car Shop in Kentville.
No. 8131 and No. 8132 with loco shops and turntable on right, and car shops and power plant on left in August 1959.
View of the Kentville Railyard looking east from the roundhouse in 1961.
Kentville engine servicing facilities on July 20, 1967. Visable is the Kentville Coaling Tower, Engine No. 8136, the Kentville Roundhouse and the corner of the Kentville Car Shop.
No. 8138 at Kentville Car Shop in Kentville in August 1973.
No. 8132 at Kentville August 1974 beside the Kentville Car Shop with the Kentville Repair Shop behind.
CP No. 8131 inside Kentville Car Shop in May 1977.
Diesel shop in Kentville, formerly the car shop on August 17, 1977.
No. 8136 and two sisters at the Kentville Car Shop on July 7, 1979.
References and Footnotes
- Kentville Advertiser, Nov. 10, 1937, Jan. 27, 1938
