Middleton, Nova Scotia

Subdivision Kentville, Mile 30.9, Elevation 70'

Next Station East: Wilmot
Next Station West: Brickton

Facilities & Features

Commerce & Industry

Local Industries Served By Rail

Farmers Cooperative Dairy Middleton
G. N. Reagh & Son (flour and feed, farm equipment), apple warehouse 20,500 barrel capacity
Canadian Canners dehydrator and juice plant 1934-1957 (later taken over by the United Fruit Companies)^[1]

T R A Limited (wholesale grocers)
A. W. Allen & Son (woodworking factory)
Twin City Dairy Ltd (dairy mfg and frozen food products distribution)
Imperial Oil (bulk dealer)
Gulf Canada Ltd (bulk dealer)
Mosher Hardware

Description & History

1969-MemoOfGenInfo lists Middleton as:

Population: 1505
Junction of Canadian National Railway, Middleton subdivision, 15 miles of which runs parallel to our tracks between Middleton and Bridgetown. Station facilities used by both companies, under D.A.R. control.

Today Middleton is home to the Middleton Railway Museum, located in the old Middleton Station, which interprets the history of both the DAR and the HSW and includes a preserved 4-6-0 locomotive (built in 1905 as Canadian Northern 213, later Canadian National 1274 and finally 1521) acquired in 2020 from the defunct Upper Clements theme park.^[2]

Operations & Orders

1931 - Permanent speed restriction, School and Commercial Street, Mile 30.85, 10 miles per hour.^[3]

Gallery

Original photo of Middleton and Middleton Station, circa 1890.
Middleton with Middleton Station at centre, early 1900's.
Postcard of the Middleton Station in 1904 showing some nearby buildings.
Pre 1915 East End looking West.
Locomotive No. 21 at Middleton in heavy snow, March 24, 1916.
DAR specials Middleton to Coldbrook in The Kentville Advertiser, Sept. 24, 1918
DAR locomotive No. 528 with a snow crew shoveling out the line at Middleton, April 1, 1929.
DAR Combine Car No. 33 with snow crew shoveling out at Middleton, April 1, 1929.
DAR locomotive and van leaving cleared snow banks at Middleton, April 1, 1929.
The Middleton Station circa 1946.
Extra freight led by No. 1046 westbound arriving at Middleton Station, Middleton on August 27, 1956.
Middleton Railyard, Station, Freight Shed and Water Tower on August 27, 1956.
No. 1046 at Middleton on August 27, 1956.
Middleton Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 1959.
Middleton Station arrival and departure board, 1962.
Middleton Station, looking west along DAR mainline, 1975.
Middleton with Middleton Station on right, G. N. Reagh & Son farm supplies on left and the Middleton Section House in distance viewed from RDC Train No. 2, May 26, 1977.
Aerial Survey of Middleton & Nictaux NS, July 8, 1977
D.A.R. trackage in Middleton, 1977.
No. 9064 at Middleton in front of Middleton Station in August 1978.
Former Farmer's Margarine Plant on September 7, 2015.
Rail still in place on Victoria St.
Rail still in place on Victoria St.