Yarmouth Station

History

1878? to 1948

The original Yarmouth station was an elaborately detailed Western Counties Railway wooden station, similar to the Weymouth Station and Digby Station. Note that in the photos below one can see the transition from a WCR station with it's unique adornments like the spires and the "webs" in the gables to a DAR station with the "webs" in the gables still in place but the WCR spires removed and a freight shed added to finally a DAR station with all the WCR adornments removed.

Gallery

Western Counties Railway locomotive No. 2 in front of the Yarmouth Station.
Yarmouth Station 1878.
Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889: Detail of original Yarmouth Station, 1889.
Yarmouth Station before freight shed addition with box car No. 1273.
Postcard of Yarmouth Station taken from a promotional photo.
Original Western Counties Railway station in Yarmouth
Yarmouth Station and Yarmouth Enginehouse, circa 1910.
Engineer Harry Ward, Newsagent Harry MacKinley and the crew of a passenger train, probably the "Flying Bluenose" at the Yarmouth Station, circa 1910.
Car No. 112 in background as recruits depart from Yarmouth Station, August 22, 1914.
Car No. 112 in background as recruits depart from Yarmouth Station, August 22, 1914.
DAR passenger coach No. 16 with the first contingent of recruits heading off to war from the Yarmouth Station, August 22, 1914.
Train crew of the Flying Bluenose at the Yarmouth Station in 1916.
Yarmouth Station, with returning troops, circa 1919.
Yarmouth Station and Yarmouth Enginehouse, circa 1920.

1948 - 1994

"Aug. 26, 1948, Dominion Atlantic Railway officially opened a new $50,000 station in Yarmouth that came complete with modern chrome and leather furnishings." (1)

The 1948 station was demolished in 1994. A partial replica of the original WCR wooden station was constructed for Tim Hortons and Wendys close to the original station site.

Gallery

The new 1940s brick station.
Yarmouth Station in October, 1949.
Colour postcard, no date.
No. 1079 at Yarmouth Station, Yarmouth after moving from engine service facilties on July 3, 1954.
No. 1079 at Yarmouth Station, Yarmouth after moving from engine service facilties on July 3, 1954.
Locomotive No. 2629 at Yarmouth with baggage & express car No. 4086 and the 1948 Yarmouth Station visible in background, circa 1958.
Railway station at Yarmouth with night train consist on track no. 2 on July 26, 1958.
No. 2629 in front of Yarmouth Freight Shed with Yarmouth Station at right at Yarmouth on July 26, 1958.
Yarmouth depot from street side on August 26, 1958.
Dominion Atlantic Station in Yarmouth on August 5, 1973.
Station - February 1976.
Dayliner with CP mulitmark at Yarmouth Station in this undated view.
Station - February 1977.
Dominion Atlantic Dayliner and Yarmouth Station station, Yarmouth, NS on Aug. 13, 1977.
Yarmouth depot, Yarmouth Freight Shed in the background and Dayliner on Aug 13, 1977.
Yarmouth Station, Freight House and No. 8140 at Yarmouth on August 16, 1977.
Yarmouth Station, Aug. 1, 1978.
Engine 8133 in Yarmouth - February 1979.
No. 9050 in front of the Yarmouth Station in September 1979.
Yarmouth Station A way freight prepares to go east at Yarmouth in September 1982.
Yarmouth Station The early morning Evangeline awaits departure from Yarmouth in September 1982.
Yarmouth Station The early morning Evangeline awaits departure from Yarmouth in September 1982.
Eastbound plow extra awaits departure from Yarmouth Station in January 1985.
VIA Rail RDC at Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Street side view of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Street side entrance of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Sliding door on the east (street) side of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
VIA Rail ticket agent area in Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Interior of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
VIA Rail ticket window and waiting area in Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
The VIA ticket window January 1 1990 in the Yarmouth Station.
Waiting area in Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Track side view of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
South side of Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Platform close up at Yarmouth Station. April 1986.
Street side view of Yarmouth Station and driveway. April 1986.
Southeast side of Yarmouth Station and Acadian Lines bus. April 1986.
Yarmouth Station, rail yard and freight shed. April 1986.
Via Rail Evangeline ready to leave for Halifax. Date unknown.
Yarmouth Station on August 29, 1993.
Yarmouth Station demolition, 1994.