Digby Station

The first station at Digby was a Western Counties Railway station, similar to the stations in Yarmouth and Weymouth. It sat beside a small wooden turntable and enginehouse. It was replaced in 1910 by a DAR wooden station and then in 1920 by the third and final station, a long CPR Tudor style station which survived until 1994 when it was demolished by the CPR at the request of Town of Digby.(1) The station faced the Digby Railyard with the Digby Water Tower standing to the north. A restaurant operated in the station until 1938. As an important tourism location and the arrival point for the near-by Digby Pines Hotel and Resort, Digby boasted a beautiful station garden in the 1920s and 1930s. From the station, the "Dock Spur" led down across Water Street to the Digby Wharf to meet steamers such as the long serving SS Princess Helene.

Gallery

WCR loco #8 at Digby Station looking south from the enginehouse and turntable.
July 2, 1904 Looking north showing both the WCR station in the foreground and the enginehouse in the background.
July 2, 1904 Looking north showing both the WCR station in the foreground and the enginehouse in the background.
Taken from the top of the enginehouse and looking south to the WCR station in the background. Visible is box car No. 1281.
The Flying Bluenose arriving at the Digby Station, circa 1910.
No. 11 at the Digby Station at Digby circa 1912.
Snowplow No. 907 with locomotive No. 537 at Digby Station, circa 1937.
Digby Station.
West end of Digby Station, water tower and yard on July 3, 1954.
Train No. 98 arrives at Digby Station in Digby behind No. 2617 on July 3, 1954.
Train No. 98 with coach No. 2102 at Digby depot, Digby, waiting to go to dock on July 3, 1954. Note the Digby Water Tower.
No. 1111, waits while No. 2617 drops express car off on track no. 5 at the Digby Railyard in front of Digby Station July 3, 1954, Digby.
No. 9059 at Digby Station, Digby on August 19, 1959.
Train No. 100 with No. 2627 at Digby Station on August 26, 1956
Digby Station summer 1991.
Digby Station in July 1993.
Eastbound snowplow extra tied up for lunch at Digby Station in the winter of 1987. Locomotive is No. 1272 and the snowplow is No. 401032.
CN 50' plug door boxcar 411344 in front of Digby Station in the winter of 1988.