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=Midland Railway Co.=
 
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[[Image:19050625-MRCPTT Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover of the [[19050625-MRCPTT|1905 Passenger Schedule]].]]
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[[File:19050000-MRCPTT cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover of the [[19040000-MRCPTT|1904 Passenger Schedule]], the earliest known Midland timetable.]]
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Formed in 1896 and built starting in 1898, the Midland connected [[Windsor]] and [[Truro]] and required the construction of the massive [[South Maitland Bridge]] over the Shubenacadie River. The Midland was bought by the DAR in 1905 and became the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Truro Subdivision]].
 
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In 1896 the act ([[1896_Nova_Scotia_Chapter_85_-_An_Act_to_Incorporate_the_Midland_Railway_Company,_limited|chapter 85, 1896]]) to incorporate the Midland Railway Company was passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature. The plan was to build a railway from [[Truro]] through [[Clifton]], [[Princeport Road|Princeport]], [[South Maitland]], [[Kennetcook]], [[Stanley]], and [[Scotch Village]] to [[Windsor]]. Construction started in 1898 and required the difficult building of the massive [[South Maitland Bridge]] over the Shubenacadie River. A partial subsidy was paid in 1900 as detailed at [https://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Approvals_1900#Order_in_Council_2244_of_year_1900_.28Midland_Railway_Subsidy.29 Order in Council 2244 of year 1900 (Midland Railway Subsidy)]. Completed in 1901, the Midland ran as a independent short line with its own fleet of locomotives and freight cars and its own style of stations. An article in an [[The_Railway_and_Shipping_World_-_1901-06_-_Midland_Railway_Almost_Complete|industry magazine]] in June 1901 included some details about the imminent completion of the line, and in particular some details of gradients and curvature. In 1905, it was bought by the DAR and became the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Truro Subdivision]].
  
 
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Image:MRC000400.JPG|MRC Stock Car No. 400 built by [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]].
 
Image:MRC000400.JPG|MRC Stock Car No. 400 built by [[:Category:Rhodes, Curry & Co.|Rhodes, Curry & Co.]].
 
Image:Midland bridge 00.jpg|MRC Locomotive [[DAR0031|No. 1]] on the [[South Maitland Bridge]] construction site.
 
Image:Midland bridge 00.jpg|MRC Locomotive [[DAR0031|No. 1]] on the [[South Maitland Bridge]] construction site.
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File:DAR - Building Midland Railway.jpg|Building the Midland Railway circa 1900.
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File:DAR - Building Midland Railway.jpg|Building the Midland Railway circa 1898.
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File:Kalkman101.jpg|Opening of [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland Line]] probably at [[South Maitland]] with [[DAR000006|Coach No. 6]], 1900 or 1905.
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File:Kalkman080.jpg|[[DAR0007|Locomotive No. 7]] on the [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland Line]], February 1904.
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Image:19040000-MRCPTT.jpg|1904 Passenger Time Table
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File:19050625-MRCPTT_Inside.jpg|1905 Passenger Time
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File:MidlandTTfront.jpg|Front of a Passenger [[:Category:Time Tables|Time Table]]/postcard for the [[Midland Railway Co.|Midland Line]] under the name [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Midland Division]], indicating a date soon after the DAR purchase, circa 1905.
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File:MidlandClippingDec1905.jpg|The purchase completed by December, 1905.
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
*''[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]]'', 1937, p. 125-127.
 
*''[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]]'', 1937, p. 125-127.
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*''[[The_Railway_and_Shipping_World_-_1901-06_-_Midland_Railway_Almost_Complete]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 13 May 2024


Midland Railway Co.

Cover of the 1904 Passenger Schedule, the earliest known Midland timetable.

In 1896 the act (chapter 85, 1896) to incorporate the Midland Railway Company was passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature. The plan was to build a railway from Truro through Clifton, Princeport, South Maitland, Kennetcook, Stanley, and Scotch Village to Windsor. Construction started in 1898 and required the difficult building of the massive South Maitland Bridge over the Shubenacadie River. A partial subsidy was paid in 1900 as detailed at Order in Council 2244 of year 1900 (Midland Railway Subsidy). Completed in 1901, the Midland ran as a independent short line with its own fleet of locomotives and freight cars and its own style of stations. An article in an industry magazine in June 1901 included some details about the imminent completion of the line, and in particular some details of gradients and curvature. In 1905, it was bought by the DAR and became the Truro Subdivision.

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