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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.<ref>In the | + | 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.<ref>In the 1920s and 30s, ten trains a day passed through Centreville on Saturdays with eight trains a day on Mondays and Wednesdays. [[19310621-DARETT|1931 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - June 21, 1931]]</ref> 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. The station agent for many years was Prescott Neville (1896-1984.)<ref>[http://www.ve1bc.com/files/THE%20CORNWALLIS%20VALLEY%20RAILROAD.pdf "Cornwallis Valley Railway", by Spurgeon G. |
“Spud” Roscoe, page 6]</ref> The tracks to Centreville were abandoned in 1961. Today, while the tracks and station are long gone, two warehouses and the roadbed of the wye survive. | “Spud” Roscoe, page 6]</ref> The tracks to Centreville were abandoned in 1961. Today, while the tracks and station are long gone, two warehouses and the roadbed of the wye survive. | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 26 June 2019
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. The station agent for many years was Prescott Neville (1896-1984.)[2] The tracks to Centreville were abandoned in 1961. 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.
Station 1940's
Centreville Station with CPR boxcar 250343 parked at an apple warehouse, October 1958.
- DAR - Centreville Station - Harold Jenkins - Unknwn Date - 1959.JPG
Centreville Station with passengers and train crew, apple warehouse in the background, 1959.
A double header apple train in Centreville.
Topographic map from Berwick to Kentville circa 1956.
Centreville warehouse, October 2007
Details freight doors, Centreville warehouse, October 2007
Detail freight door, Centreville warehouse, October 2007
Detail ventilator, Centreville warehouse, October 2007
References and Footnotes
- ↑ In the 1920s 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
- ↑ [http://www.ve1bc.com/files/THE%20CORNWALLIS%20VALLEY%20RAILROAD.pdf "Cornwallis Valley Railway", by Spurgeon G. “Spud” Roscoe, page 6]
- Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table September 25, 1949, Library and Archives Canada, PMP - HE.2804 DC
1931 Dominion Atlantic Railway Employee Time Table - June 21, 1931
External Links
Centreville District Community Development Association web site.
