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| − | This village north of Kentville was a busy junction on the DAR's Cornwallis Valley Railway branchline, seeing ten trains a day in peak years.(1) At Centreville, the line north from [[Kentville]] split east and west. The tracks of the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kingsport Subdivision]] continued east to [[Kingsport]] while the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] tracks headed west to [[Weston]]. The Centreville junction resulted in a complex track plan in the middle of the village which included a large wye, a siding and a spur track which cut across the wye at a diamond crossing. The Centreville station was surrounded on all sides by | + | This village north of Kentville was a busy junction on the DAR's Cornwallis Valley Railway branchline, seeing ten trains a day in peak years.(1) At Centreville, the line north from [[Kentville]] split east and west. The tracks of the [[:Category:Subdivision Kingsport|Kingsport Subdivision]] continued east to [[Kingsport]] while the [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] tracks headed west to [[Weston]]. The Centreville junction resulted in a complex track plan in the middle of the village which included a large wye, a siding and a spur track which cut across the wye at a diamond crossing. The Centreville station was surrounded on all sides by five large apple warehouses. Today, while the tracks and station are long gone, two warehouses and the roadbed of the wye survive. |
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* Wye, junction with [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] | * Wye, junction with [[:Category:Subdivision Weston|Weston Subdivision]] | ||
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* Two fruit warehouses on the south side served by 6 car siding | * Two fruit warehouses on the south side served by 6 car siding | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 17 October 2010
Centreville, Nova Scotia
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 4.8
- Subdivision Weston, Mile 0
This village north of Kentville was a busy junction on the DAR's Cornwallis Valley Railway branchline, seeing ten trains a day in peak years.(1) At Centreville, the line north from Kentville split east and west. The tracks of the Kingsport Subdivision continued east to Kingsport while the Weston Subdivision tracks headed west to Weston. The Centreville junction resulted in a complex track plan in the middle of the village which included a large wye, a siding and a spur track which cut across the wye at a diamond crossing. The Centreville station was surrounded on all sides by five large apple warehouses. Today, while the tracks and station are long gone, two warehouses and the roadbed of the wye survive.
Facilities:
- Wye, junction with Weston Subdivision
- Three fruit warehouses on north side served by a spur track
- Two fruit warehouses on the south side served by 6 car siding
- Station, daytime agent/operator
Previous Station: Steam Mill Village
Next Station on Weston Subdivision (west): Northville
Next Station on Kingsport Subdivision (east): Ford Crossing
Gallery
Locomotive No. 11 "Acadia" at Centreville.
Locomotive No. 470 delivers the mail at Centreville.
Centreville Station from the east.
- CDCDA Apple Warehouse Thumb.jpg
Centreville Station surrounded by apple warehouses.
Centreville looking east from the station.
A double header apple train in Centreville.
References and Footnotes
(1) In the 1902s and 30s, ten trains a day passed through Centreville on Saturdays with eight trains a day on Mondays and Wednesdays. 1931 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - June 21, 1931
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
External Links
Centreville District Community Development Association web site.
