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September 22, 1993 - CP Rail formally abandoned all track west of New Minas (mileage 52.9), including the Kingsport Spur from mileage 56.1 of the Halifax Subdivision to the end of track in Mill Village (Steam Mill). | September 22, 1993 - CP Rail formally abandoned all track west of New Minas (mileage 52.9), including the Kingsport Spur from mileage 56.1 of the Halifax Subdivision to the end of track in Mill Village (Steam Mill). | ||
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| + | Image:DAR Steam Mill end of track.jpg|End of track at [[Mill Village|Steam Mill]] in the summer of 1993. | ||
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*[http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/CornwallisValleyRailway.htm Ivan Smith's History of the CVR at ROCA.] | *[http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/CornwallisValleyRailway.htm Ivan Smith's History of the CVR at ROCA.] | ||
*http://alts.net/ns1625/railways.html | *http://alts.net/ns1625/railways.html | ||
*http://www.alts.net/ns1625/railwy05.html | *http://www.alts.net/ns1625/railwy05.html | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 2 February 2009
This two mile long spur was the remnant of the Kingsport Subdivision, known locally as the CVR (Cornwallis Valley Railway).
It was created on January 31, 1961 when the subdivisions north of Kentville, the Kingsport Subdivision and Weston Subdivision were abandoned, reducing the branchline to a 2.3 mile long spur from Kentville to Mill Village (Steam Mill).
September 22, 1993 - CP Rail formally abandoned all track west of New Minas (mileage 52.9), including the Kingsport Spur from mileage 56.1 of the Halifax Subdivision to the end of track in Mill Village (Steam Mill).
End of track at Steam Mill in the summer of 1993.
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Pages in category "Spur Track D Kingsport"
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