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Category:Track Charts

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Track Plans & Elevations

Notes

  • The track charts shown are clips of sections of large drawings representing 20 miles each from original 1918 D.A.R. track schematics. On all subdivisions but especially the Halifax and Kentville subs, the mileage on these 1918 charts may vary from mileages from earlier and later schedules. This is due to track changes after the C.P.R. leasing and upgrade of the line between 1911 and 1918 and especially to the Avon River River Causeway in 1970. We will continue to reference them based on the 1918 schematics though. A further note is that the 1918 schematics appear to have been updated until at least 1952 (South Uniacke) according to the notes on the drawings.
  • Track chart clips are named by the the subdivision (HA, TR, KE, KI, WE, YA) and the mileage of the most prominent feature of the section. They were cross-referenced with the Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol..

  • Important note regarding stated mileages on Time Tables and Track Charts:
  • Up to 1918 (and perhaps before), Middleton was the zero point for the Yarmouth Subdivision indicated by subtracting the adjustment of 27.58 miles from Annapolis Royal. This makes sense when the W&AR only ran to Annapolis Royal meaning the Halifax sub ran to Middleton and from Middleton to Annapolis Royal was another sub. The track charts we have show both the old and the new mileages. For conversion to the new mileages, subtract 27.58 from the old higher values. The titles of the wiki photo pages indicate the new mileage for the Yarmouth sub but most of the location titles on the drawings show the old. Many of the mileages in the Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol. as well only show mileages to the 0.1 tenth but the track charts and quite a few time tables do show mileage to the 0.01 hundredth and these were used to title all the wiki Track Chart pages to the 0.01 accuracy.
  • Old and new mileages are shown on the track charts as circles and the lower values are the new mileages and the higher the old. Also interesting is that the charts from Bear River to Digby have the full height of the chart and show at the very bottom the surveyor chainage and rail details. In some of these charts in this section you will also notice revisions made in 1926.

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