Yarmouth Recollections

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This thread is for recollections from various individuals on the Yarmouth DAR facilities as we try to reconstruct the operations, equipment and the yard layout from the past.

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Harold sent me this information via email so it is posted here for all to enjoy.

As promised, I would talk to a contact in Yarmouth who is pretty good at coming up with info - he didn't fail me this time either. His name is Skip Goudey and he gave me way more information about the railroad in Yarmouth than we (or I) had when begun only a few days ago. I am sending his info to you for whatever use you can put it to before it becomes lost - forever. I will continue to pump Skip for more info on exact locations for the Southwestern Train station (CN) and other buildings, etc. that he talked about.

Quote from Skip:
"The DAR tracks continued South past the Freight Shed and platform down Water street with a transfer track to Southendwith a couple of delivery sidings at Spinneys and Parker Eakins and Killiams, and out to Bakers Wharf and the Boston Boat Wharf to a CNR station in the area currently covered by a fish plant across from the Lobster Rock Public Wharf and on out of town to the south shore. The DAR was a Canadian Pacific subsidiary in later years, I believe. The South Shore route was served by Canadian National Railroad. They had a roundhouse and maintenance workshop located very close to where the current Sewage Treatment Plant is located on the edge of the harbour.
My son in laws late father, Bob Trask, worked on the railroad, and possibly for the DAR, for some time and may have some photos etc. He is coming for a visit from Richmond VA next week and I will get him to check with his mother to see what can be dug up. Also Paul "Jingle" Cleveland worked for the DAR and he had a huge collection of stuff and most of it was used to start the firemans museum. His wife or the museum might also be a source. Art could probably help there.
I remember a lot of that because I was a South End Wharf Rat for quite a few years and used to bum rides on the Way Freight in Bedford when I lived there during the war and was very interested in trains at the time."

All in all, I think the information is quite valuable to our cause.

Harold