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The Discovery Train
The Discovery Train
The Discovery Train was a special train from the National Museums of Canada with around 20 cars that toured Canada between 1978 and 1980 displaying a timeline of Canadian history from aboriginal inhabitants until present day Canada. Support and funding came from Canadian Pacific Railways, Canadian National Railways, The Royal Bank of Canada, Labatt's Breweries, General Motors of Canada, The Devonian Group, The Great-West Life Assurance Co., The Richard Ivey Foundation, the MacDonald Stewart Foundation and anonymous donations.[1]
15 of the display train cars were purchased at the bargain price of $575,000 US from the American Freedom Train foundation that had conducted a Bi-Centennial tour of the United States with the display cars.[1]
The train was scheduled to be on display in Sydney from August 11th until the 14th in 1978 and before it's next scheduled appearance in Halifax between August 16th and the 20th,[1] it passed through the Dominion Atlantic Railway reportedly[2] at night starting at Truro and ending at Yarmouth where it continued on the Halifax & South Western into Halifax for it's display at the CNR station on Hollis Street.
Witnesses[2] report the train being interchanged at Truro with 3 CNR RSC-14s leading and heresay[2] reports the train was delayed because of a minor derailment in Liverpool while taking a detour around western Nova Scotia (for reasons unknown - ie; no scheduled public stops).
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