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Image:AnnapolisStationc.jpg|VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at [[Annapolis Royal Station]] at 9:05 a.m. on its [[The Last Train|last run]] of the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, January 13, 1990. | Image:AnnapolisStationc.jpg|VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at [[Annapolis Royal Station]] at 9:05 a.m. on its [[The Last Train|last run]] of the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, January 13, 1990. | ||
| + | File:Berwicklast1.jpg|Residents of [[Berwick]] gather to witness the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, at the [[Berwick Station]], January 13, 1990. | ||
File:Chronicle-Herald 1990-01-13 - VIA Rail.jpg|''Chronicle-Herald 1990-01-30 - VIA Rail|Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 13, 1990'' article on school children witnessing [[The Last Train|final week day passenger run]] at [[Kentville Station]]. | File:Chronicle-Herald 1990-01-13 - VIA Rail.jpg|''Chronicle-Herald 1990-01-30 - VIA Rail|Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 13, 1990'' article on school children witnessing [[The Last Train|final week day passenger run]] at [[Kentville Station]]. | ||
| − | File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG | Last VIA RDC Passenger Run on the DAR, | + | File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG |Last VIA RDC eastbound Passenger Run on the DAR, at [[Yarmouth]], Sunday January 14, 1990. |
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Image:Ticket jan 14 1990.jpg|Ticket from last westbound [[Evangeline]], Jan. 14, 1990. | Image:Ticket jan 14 1990.jpg|Ticket from last westbound [[Evangeline]], Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
| − | File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[ | + | File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6145|VIA Rail RDC No. 6145]] about to depart [[Halifax]], January 14, 1990, [[The Last Train|last passenger train]] on the DAR. |
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Revision as of 16:05, 24 April 2021
The DAR experienced a series of last trains in the late 20th century as equipment was withdrawn, services were cut and track was abandoned. The most memorable to many were the final passenger trains that crossed Western Nova Scotia in January 1990. The final runs were on Sunday January 14, 1990 and groups of people gathered at stations throughout the valley to bid farewell to passsenger rail service.[1] The last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run, was Train No. 154 with RDCs VIA No. 6119 and VIA No. 6147.[2], crewed by Conductor J.L. Gee, Trainman J. Murray and Engineer A. Russell.[3] The very final passenger train was the westbound Halifax to Yarmouth Train No. 151 with VIA Rail No. 6143 and VIA Rail No. 6145. It arrived in Yarmouth late in the evening on January 14 to a large farewell crowd and then made a final return trip to Halifax, empty of passengers at 2 am on January 15[4] to be parked at Halifax Station in a long line of RDCs made idle by the system-wide cuts to VIA rail in 1990.
Gallery
VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at Annapolis Royal Station at 9:05 a.m. on its last run of the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, January 13, 1990.
Residents of Berwick gather to witness the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, at the Berwick Station, January 13, 1990.
Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 13, 1990 article on school children witnessing final week day passenger run at Kentville Station.
Last VIA RDC eastbound Passenger Run on the DAR, at Yarmouth, Sunday January 14, 1990.
Ticket from last westbound Evangeline, Jan. 14, 1990.
VIA Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6145 about to depart Halifax, January 14, 1990, last passenger train on the DAR.
References
- ↑ David Othen, Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years, page 43
- ↑ Ron Haight video, "Farewell to the Little Train in the Valley", 1989, discussed on Facebook Post April 24, 2021
- ↑ J. L. Gree, [Facebook Post April 23, 2021
- ↑ "Via Rail train left Yarmouth for last time in 1990", Yarmouth Vanguard January 15, 1990
