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

Description & History

Windsor Junction was created in 1856 when the Nova Scotia Railway building from Halifax divided with one line going to Windsor and one line going to Truro. The Truro line eventually became the national connection to the Intetcolonial and later the Canadian National system. This made Windsor Junction a vital coonection for the DAR.

Gallery

Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.
Windsor Junction, 1969.
RDC 9059 Dayliner, at the Windsor Junction Station, circa 1970.
Windsor Junction Station, looking west along Canadian National's busy mainline with the junction point with the the Dominion Atlantic, July 1974.
Windsor Junction Station, looking east along Canadian National's busy mainline where the Dominion Atlantic joined, July 1974.
RDC 9057 leaves Windsor Junction Station headed to Halifax, photographed by Richard Manicom, July 1974.
Windsor Junction Via 6140 with Gerry Parks driving, entering the CN main, September 1987.
The start of the east and west legs of the wye as headed to Halifax, May 1993.
Set-outs from the DAR at Windsor Jct. in May 1993.
Set-outs from the DAR at Windsor Jct. in May 1993.
Windsor Junction right at the switch where the DAR branches off from the CN mainline on September 13, 2011.
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.
Windsor Junction proceeding west, just past the station on September 13, 2011.
Windsor Junction wye looking eastbound, September 13, 2011.