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The Last Train
The DAR experienced a series of last trains in the late 20th century as equipment was withdrawn, services were cut and track was abandoned in the era of declining railway traffic. The most memorable to many were the final passenger trains that crossed Western Nova Scotia in January 1990. The final runs were on Sunday January 14, 1990 and groups of people gathered at stations throughout the valley to bid farewell to passsenger rail service.[1] The Halifax to Yarmouth train, with VIA Rail No. 6143 and VIA Rail No. 6147, arrived in Yarmouth late in the evening on January 14 to a large farewell crowd. It then made a final return trip to Halifax, empty of passengers at 2 am on January 15[2] to be parked at Halifax Station in a long line of RDCs made idle by the system-wide cuts to VIA rail in 1990.
Gallery
VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at Annapolis Royal Station at 9:05 a.m. on its last run of the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, January 13, 1990.
Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 13, 1990 article on school children witnessing final week day passenger run at Kentville Station.
Last VIA RDC Passenger Run on the DAR, Sunday January 14, 1990.
Residents of Berwick gather to witness the last eastbound passenger train at the at the Berwick Station, January 14, 1990.
Ticket from last westbound Evangeline, Jan. 14, 1990.
VIA Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6147 about to depart Halifax, January 14, 1990, last passenger train on the DAR.
