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Round Hill Ballast Pit
Round Hill Ballast Pit
Mile 51.47 on the Kentville Subdivision
Located just east of the Round Hill station, the Round Hill Ballast Pit was the longest serving ballast pits used by the DAR providing sandy gravel ballast for the line from the steam era to the last decades of diesel. Located on the south side of the DAR mainline, it was served by a spur at Mile 51.47.[1] A variety of MOW steam shovels and loaders, such as steam shovel No. 850, loaded ballast cars at the pit.[2]
Gallery
Hopper car No. 361120 being used to transport ballast at Round Hill gravel pit in August 1982.
Parked ballast train at Round Hill gravel pit in May, 1987.
Parked ballast train at Round Hill gravel pit in May, 1987.
No. 1274 is at Round Hill in May 1987.
