Grafton

Grafton, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Weston, Mile 9.2

• Next Station east: Woodville
• Next Station west: Somerset

Spur for Ivor Best warehouse, Mile 8.9

Station, travelling agent, Mile 9.2

Passing siding, 16 cars and engine

Spur, 8 cars, for Grafton Fruit Company warehouse

Grafton was the site of massive snow plowing struggle in 1915 when locomotive No. 26 fought a three day battle to clear 26 foot drifts and reopen the snow-choked Weston Subdivision.(1) Today Grafton is home of the preserved DAR caboose No. 435459.

Gallery

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  DAR locomotive and plow at Grafton, battling drifts to rescue the snow plow wreck at Somerset, January 19, 1923.

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  Roadbed looking east from Spicer Road towards Grafton, 2007.

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  Van No. 435459 preserved in Grafton, NS, March 17, 2013.

References and Footnotes

(1)George Bishop "Railway Notes", Kentville Advertiser, March 2, 1939.

• Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
• 1915 North Mountain Line Track Profile, Library and Archives Canada, RG 12M 77803/17 Item 782