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Image:Roundhill may 1987.jpg|Parked ballast train at [[Round Hill]] [[Gravel Pits|gravel pit]] in May, 1987. | Image:Roundhill may 1987.jpg|Parked ballast train at [[Round Hill]] [[Gravel Pits|gravel pit]] in May, 1987. | ||
Image:Round hill ballast pit.jpg|[[CPR1274|No. 1274]] is at [[Round Hill]] in May 1987. | Image:Round hill ballast pit.jpg|[[CPR1274|No. 1274]] is at [[Round Hill]] in May 1987. | ||
| + | File:OakIslandPit.JPG|[[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] viewed from the old DAR mainline, [[New Minas]] July 2012 | ||
| + | File:OakIslandPitsign.JPG|Old DAR sign on the overgrown spur to the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]], July 2012 | ||
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Revision as of 19:24, 30 July 2012
Gravel Pits
The DAR had two main trackside gravel pits served by spurs to provide ballast:
- Oak Island Ballast Pit on the Halifax Subdvision at New Minas.
- Round Hill Ballast Pit on the Kentville Subdivision at Round Hill.
Gallery
Crew car No. 412201 at Bridgetown in August of 1982.
The Bridgetown Station in 1981 and the end of crew car No. 412201.
Hopper car No. 361120 being used to transport ballast at Round Hill gravel pit in August 1982.
Westbound ballast train lead by No. 1275 at Kingston, going to Round Hill.
Parked ballast train at Round Hill gravel pit in May, 1987.
Parked ballast train at Round Hill gravel pit in May, 1987.
No. 1274 is at Round Hill in May 1987.
Oak Island Ballast Pit viewed from the old DAR mainline, New Minas July 2012
Old DAR sign on the overgrown spur to the Oak Island Ballast Pit, July 2012
Pages in category "Gravel Pits"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
