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Digby Station
Digby Station
The first station at Digby was a Western Counties Railway station, similar to the stations in Yarmouth and Weymouth. It sat beside a small wooden turntable and enginehouse. It was replaced in 1910 by a DAR wooden station and then in 1920 by the third and final station, a long CPR Tudor style station which survived until 1994 when it was demolished by the CPR at the request of Town of Digby.(1) The station faced the Digby Railyard with the Digby Water Tower standing to the north. A restaurant operated in the station until 1938. As an important tourism location and the arrival point for the near-by Digby Pines Hotel and Resort, Digby boasted a beatiful station gardens in the 1920s and 1930s. From the station the "Dock Spur" led down across Water Street to the Digby Wharf to meet steamers such as the long serving SS Princess Helene.
Gallery
WCR loco #8 at Digby Station
July 2, 1904
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No. 11 at the Digby Station at Digby circa 1912.
Train No. 98 arrives at Digby Station in Digby behind No. 2617 on July 3, 1954.
Train No. 98 with coach No. 2102 at Digby depot, Digby, waiting to go to dock on July 3, 1954. Note the Digby Water Tower.
No. 1111, waits while No. 2617 drops express car off on track no. 5 at the Digby Railyard in front of Digby Station July 3, 1954, Digby.
No. 9059 at Digby Station, Digby on August 19, 1959.
Train No. 100 with No. 2627 at Digby Station on August 26, 1956
References and Footnotes
(1) Admiral Digby Museum, Digby Historical Society "A Journey Throught Time: Transportation" virtual exhibit.
