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Built on the same site as the original station, this modest CPR design of the day signalled that the perceived importance of Middleton as a railway hub had indeed never materialized. Middleton continued to be the interchange point for [http://hswdpi.ca/wiki Halifax and Southwestern (CNR)] traffic (including the famous [[Blueberry Express]]) to the valley from Bridgewater and for the occasional visit from either trains or product from the [[:Category:Springfield Railway|Springfield railway]] but apart from that Middleton was a normal level traffic spot on the DAR line. A free standing freight shed addition was built between 1946 and 1956 on the west side as was the station repainted from the DAR straw yellow to CPR tuscan red. At a later date prior to 1973 the free standing shed was expanded again joining it to the station as it is to the present day. | Built on the same site as the original station, this modest CPR design of the day signalled that the perceived importance of Middleton as a railway hub had indeed never materialized. Middleton continued to be the interchange point for [http://hswdpi.ca/wiki Halifax and Southwestern (CNR)] traffic (including the famous [[Blueberry Express]]) to the valley from Bridgewater and for the occasional visit from either trains or product from the [[:Category:Springfield Railway|Springfield railway]] but apart from that Middleton was a normal level traffic spot on the DAR line. A free standing freight shed addition was built between 1946 and 1956 on the west side as was the station repainted from the DAR straw yellow to CPR tuscan red. At a later date prior to 1973 the free standing shed was expanded again joining it to the station as it is to the present day. | ||
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Revision as of 08:05, 25 March 2011
Middleton Station
Previous Stations 1869 - 1915
The first Middleton Railway Station was constructed in 1869 as one of the original 21 stations for the newly minted Windsor & Annapolis Railway. It was likely one of the simple gable roofed W&A first generation stations. A larger station was built in 1890. It was anticipated that Middleton would be the junction of a number of soon to be built branches and lines and so a large station becoming of the level and trade and industry that Middleton would soon be receiving was built.
Following a disastrous fire that destroyed the Windsor & Annapolis Railway 3 story station in 1915, the second Middleton station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in their style of the day.
Gallery
Original photo
Postcard of original photo
Middleton Station in 1904.
Wood Station 1915 - Present
Built on the same site as the original station, this modest CPR design of the day signalled that the perceived importance of Middleton as a railway hub had indeed never materialized. Middleton continued to be the interchange point for Halifax and Southwestern (CNR) traffic (including the famous Blueberry Express) to the valley from Bridgewater and for the occasional visit from either trains or product from the Springfield railway but apart from that Middleton was a normal level traffic spot on the DAR line. A free standing freight shed addition was built between 1946 and 1956 on the west side as was the station repainted from the DAR straw yellow to CPR tuscan red. At a later date prior to 1973 the free standing shed was expanded again joining it to the station as it is to the present day.
The station is currently home to the <ref>Memory Lane Railway Museum<ref>, a work project of the Future View Training, Rehabilitation and Employment Association, a registered federal non-profit society engaged in bringing selected clients back into the mainsteam through meaningful envolvement in the community.
Gallery
The Middleton Station circa 1946.
Middleton Railyard, Station, Freight Shed and Water Tower on August 27, 1956.
Extra freight led by No. 1046 westbound arriving at Middleton Station, Middleton on August 27, 1956.
Wayfreight led by No. 1046 at Middleton Station, Middleton on Aug 28, 1956.
No. 9058 at Middleton Station west bound.
Middleton, NS station and freight shed in August 1973.
Middleton Railway Museum, Oct. 2007
Middleton Railway Museum, Oct. 2007
References
- (1) 1890 Construction date given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1890, compiled by J.B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 16
