Kentville Sanding Tower

Top of sanding tower viewed from the coaling tower with roundhouse, and machine shop in the background, 1940s or 50s.
No. 2665 departing Kentville in August 1951 leading Train No. 95. Visible is sanding tower in the background.
Locomotive 6560 at the based of the Kentville Sanding Tower with the Water Tower and Yard Crane 3 in the background, 1956.
No. 6227 in front of Kentville Roundhouse on August 27, 1956. Visible as well, boiler plant and smoke stack, turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower and sanding tower.
No. 2526 arriving with Train No. 12 from Kingsport on Aug. 27, 1956. Visible are switcher No. 6227, turntable, water stand pipe, coaling tower, sanding tower, track crane and boiler plant chimney.
Kentville Railyard looking east showing the boiler plant, car shop, freight shed, coaling and sanding towers and machine shop, July 31, 1958.
Kentville Sanding Tower, photographer and date unknown, probably circa 1955.
boarding car No. 405809 at Kentville with Coaling Tower and Sanding Tower in background, Oct. 2, 1960.

References and Footnotes

Good article on modeling the Kentville Sanding Tower design, with drawings: "CPR Single Track Sand House Plans", Canadian Railway Modeller, Train 12 Track 2, January - February 2003, p. 18 - 21.
Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2), Gary Ness, page 17, (good view of sanding tower from the north, September 1958)