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Truro Station
When the Midland Railway connected Windsor with Truro in 1901, they negotiated use of the Intercolonial Railway station in downtown Truro, an arrangement that continued under the DAR. Windsor bound trains trains first used the ICR's 1872 wooden station until it burned in 1911. The DAR then used its replacement, a grand stonework station with a 1,200 foot platform that opened in January 1914.[1] DAR trains accessed the west end of the station platform on their own dedicated track while ICR trains used the mainline.
In 1959, the DAR decided to build its own station to handle freight and passengers on their own track at Willow Street on the edge of the town of Truro. The station included a small Railyard for interchange of cars with the nearby CN mainline. It remained in use until 1983 when the Truro Subdivision of the DAR closed.
The 1959 station still remains standing and in use for municipal services, as seen from this Google Street View
In an email dated January 9, 2012, Andrew Backburn reports that "The Town of Truro Parks and Rec. dept have taken over the building for about 2 years now. The Station yard has been made smaller as the Town covered some of the track area and some of the parking lot with soil and seeded grass. The trail starts in this area also although it still goes up and meets the CN main line."
Even though the town has taken over the station there are still remains of the old line buried in the ground.
Postcard of the wooden ICR Truro Station used by the Midland and DAR from 1901-1911, shown here circa 1905.
Postcard of the stonework Truro Station used by the DAR from 1912 to 1959, shown here circa 1940.
No. 2665 at Truro in front of the Truro CNR station on Oct 16, 1954.
The DAR Truro Station
Crew car No. 411503 being used as a station while the new station was being built at Truro in 1959.
Truro Station with a Canadian Pacific express truck, April 27, 1960.
Truro Station and railyard with No. 8136 and passenger cars, April 27, 1960.
June 1974.
Mixed train at Truro Station, Winter, 1974.
Midland division train at Truro Station, Truro in July 1975.
CP Caboose No. 437131 at Truro on July 21, 1975.
Truro Station. Undated photo.
Truro Station 24th of Feb 2013
Truro Station back & track side 24th of Feb 2013
