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Train No. 95 pulled by Locomotive No. 2552 crossing the Bear River Bridge, circa 1950, taken by Nova Scotia's Information Service. Visible to the left are the ruins of the Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill. The bridge tender's shed can be seen in the foreground. Note the express and baggage cars at the end of the train to facilitate backing them onto the Digby Wharf for transhippment to the Princess Helene.

Web page with zoom-able image from the original negative in the Nova Scotia Information Bureau collection at the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management

The view is also featured in Gary Ness's books Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2) by , page 14 and in The Dominion Atlantic Railway: 1894-1994, page 88.

Nova Scotia Archives description:

Title: D.A.R. train travelling over a long bridge

Probably the Bear River bridge.

Reference no.: Nova Scotia Information Service Nova Scotia Archives no. NSIS 4680

Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives

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current17:38, 23 March 2018Thumbnail for version as of 17:38, 23 March 2018917 × 607 (347 KB)Dan conlin (talk | contribs)Train No. 95 pulled by Locomotive No. 2552 crossing the Bear River Bridge, circa 1950. Visible to the right are the ruins of the Clarke Brothers Pulp Mill. The bridge tender's shed can be seen in the foreground. The view is also f