Air Base Support

Air Base Support

The D.A.R. served two airports on it's lines, The Stanley Airport on the Truro subdivision, No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School during WWII and R.C.A.F. Base Greenwood that is still operational today.

Stanley Airport, No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School, 1941 - 1944

See article on No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School

R.C.A.F. Greenwood, 19?? until Present

The base was served by a wye and a long spur starting at Auburn and ending at the north-east end of the base where the fuel storage area still is.

Two major types of loads were handled; parts for aircraft and tank cars carring a variety of petroleum products for the base. The number of car movements per year in and out of the base were largely a function of the number of patrols and exercises scheduled for that year for the aircraft.

Personel movements where handled out of the Kingston station where R.C.A.F. vehicles would meet the trains and then drive air force personel back to the base.

Gallery

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  A Procor tank car at the unloading facility on the East end spur at RCAF Greenwood in the winter of 1988.