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Digby

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Town of Digby with the Digby Wharf in foreground and the Digby Station, railyard and Digby Water Tower in the background, late 1950s.

Digby, Nova Scotia

  • Subdivision Yarmouth, Mile 20.2
  • Elevation 43'.

Features


Gallery

  • DAR 1918 track plan showing Digby and the west yard.

  • DAR 1918 track plan showing Digby and the east yard.

  • Digby circa 1890s.

  • Digby circa 1890s, with the Saint John-Digby ferry SS Prince Rupert.

  • No. 18 leading train at Digby, circa 1894.

  • Digby and the first Big Joggins Bridge as described in the brochure "The Evangeline Land", circa 1910.

  • No. 11 at the Digby Station at Digby circa 1912.

  • A train possibly on the wharf spur at Digby.

  • Digby Wharf from the beach. circa 1925.

  • Nice shot of Digby with part of the yard and wharf in background, circa 1930.

  • Snowplow No. 907 with locomotive No. 537 at Digby Station, circa 1937.

  • DAR0534 at Digby, June 1938.

  • Snowplow at Digby, unknown date.

  • DAR No. 541 with freight at Digby Station with Digby Water Tower in background, October 1949.

  • Locomotive No. 1015 with a freight near Digby at an unknown date, circa. 1950.

  • Collision between locomotives No. 1015 and No. 1111 at Digby, on July 19, 1956.

  • Collision between locomotives No. 1015 and No. 1111 at Digby, on July 19, 1956.

  • DAR crew extricates No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.

  • No. 1015 and tank cars after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.

  • No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, with Big Joggins Bridge in the background July 19, 1956.

  • Locomotive No. 1015 after a collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.

  • Wreck Crane No. 802 prepares to lift locomotive No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, July 19, 1956.

  • Digby Station, with unidentified fellow photographer in foreground and Digby Post office in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, circa June 1959.

  • Digby waterfront. The Digby DAR station is visible at the left edge of the photo.

  • Digby ferry wharf -- Princess Helene at wharf.

  • View from a passenger train just after leaving the Digby Wharf in October, 1949.

  • Engine 8133 going though Digby in June 1967, just near Mileage Marker 20.

  • Albert "Shine" Manning & Mel Alexander at Digby Station with meet of DAR Train No. 1 and Train No. 2, May 26, 1977.

  • VIA RDC Travelling though Digby in August 1989

  • A short freight is eastbound through Digby in November 1989.

  • A short freight is eastbound through Digby along First Ave. in November 1989.

  • A short freight is eastbound through Digby along First Ave. in November 1989.

  • Mile 20 still exists in Digby. The beige building with three skylights sits on the roadbed close to the location of the old station. March 3, 2007

  • Looking railway west at Digby. The mainline ran along the side of the street. March 3, 2007.

  • VIA RDCs cenotaph digby.jpg

References and Footnotes

1969 Memorandum of General Information, Digby facilities and customers, p. 16

External Links

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