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Windsor Station
As one of the first railway terminus in all of Nova Scotia, Windsor has been the home to a variety of stations.
Wood Covered Station 1858 - c. 1881
The first Windsor station was built by the Nova Scotia Railway. It was 200 feet long by 84 feet wide.[1] Typical of many early stations in the Maritimes, in the era of small locomotives, it had a covered platform. The Windsor platform was expanded in 1871 to cover three tracks: one for the Nova Scotia Railway (now run by the Intercolonial Railway), one for the new Windsor and Annapolis Railway and one for interchange.[2] It included a built in water tank for locomotives fed by rainwater collected from the large roof.[3]
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An artist's impression of the first Windsor Station, c. 1860.
Bird's Eve View of Windsor Nova Scotia 1878: Detail of original Windsor Station, 1878.
Wood Station 1881 - 1965
The second Windsor Station was a gambrel roof wooden station built in 1881[4] to Intercolonial Railway plans during the period when the Intercolonial was still operating the Windsor Branch. It survived both of Windsor's great fires in 1897 and 1924. After a brick station was built in 1905, the wooden station served as the baggage and express depot. It was painted a CPR tucsan red between 1949 and 1956. It was demolished in 1965.
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Windsor Wharves, with the Windsor Station on right, the Windsor Freight Shed in foreground, a Windsor & Annapolis boxcar and a Palace Rail Road Photo Car in the Windsor Railyard, early 1880s.
Windsor & Annapolis No. 10, later DAR No. 12 & Train B at the Windsor Station, circa 1891.
Passengers and passenger cars at Windsor Station, date unknown.
The Governor General arrives in Windsor, 1896.
Windsor Station with DAR locomotive No. 21 and a mail and express car, circa 1900.
No. 25, "Strathcona" leading the Royal Train at Windsor Station in Windsor NS in 1901.
The first Windsor Station, roadside view. Date unknown, but after 1921.
View of the first Windsor Station and nearby yard. Date unknown, but after 1921.
Windsor Fire Insurance Map, Sheet 2, with the Windsor Station, Freight Shed, the Windsor Railyard, the L.A. Armstrong Warehouse and the B. Sexton Warehouse, July 1941.
Windsor Fire Insurance Map, Sheet 11, showing the Windsor Baggage Station, Windsor Railyard, Windsor Wharves the Colonial Fertilizer Company and the Windsor Wear Textile Factory, July 1941.
Train No. 96 departs for Halifax with No. 1041 with good view of the back of the old wooden ICR station, August 1949.
Windsor Railyard and old Windsor Station on August 28, 1956.
Both the old, being used as an express and baggage depot, and the new Windsor Stations used for passengers on July 30, 1958.
Midland train arrives at CPR station, Windsor in August 1959 passing crew car 411585.
Looking from Fort Edward towards the old station/baggage and express depot on left and Irving Oil in background, circa 1961
The old wooden Windsor Station converted to baggage and express depot, photographed by Harold Jenkins, July 1959.
Windsor Station with arrival, most likely, of Train No. 22 from Truro as the baggage-express depot (and former station) is demolished, January 1965.
The wooden Windsor Station/baggage and express depot under demolition, 1965.
Workers demolishing the wooden Windsor Station/baggage and express depot, photographed by Harold Jenkins, January 1965.
The old Windsor Station under demolition with the Windsor Railyard and Windsor Wear Textiles in the background, January 1965.
The wooden Windsor Station/baggage and express depot under demolition, 1965.
The wooden Windsor Station/baggage and express depot with demolition almost complete, 1965.
Brick Station c. 1905-1970
It was built by Rhodes Curry and almost identical to the 1905 Antigonish station designed by the Intrecolonial Railway's chief engineer William B. MacKenzie which still survives in Antigonish today.[5] The station had considerable decorative roof details and wide awnings on all sides. The roof was gradually simplified and the awnings were cut back in the 1960s. The brick station was demolished in July 1970 to make way for the Upper Water Street overpass to HW 101.
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The newly built Windsor Station, circa 1905. Note houses behind the station.
DAR engine No. 23 "Regina" at the Windsor Station platform with a passenger train and an early DAR Van on next track, circa 1905.
Windsor Station as HMCS Niobe marines awaiting the Governor General with DAR box cars at the Windsor Freight Shed in background, Aug. 16, 1912.
Marines from H.M.S. Niobe Windsor NS. Visit of Governor General. The Duke of Connaught (son of Queen Victoria). At Windsor Station Aug. 16, 1912.
Windsor Station with new brick station and wooden baggage station, post card mailed in 1914.
Gov General Lord Bing at the Windsor Train Station in 1924.
A passenger train approaches Windsor Station on the street trackage on Water Street, July 1, 1927. (60 years of Confederation.)
Yarmouth mail Train No. 95 at Windsor Station in Windsor led by No. 2552 in August 1949.
Morning Express for Yarmouth leaving Windsor Station at Windsor in August 1949.
DAR Inspection Car M-107 and the Buffet-Parlour car No. 6616 at the Windsor Station, circa 1956.
Diesel Engines 6561 & 6560 with Steam Engine 1038 and RDC 9059 at the Windsor Station, August 1956.
Dayliner No. 9058, (Train 11) and No. 2627, (T4ain 22) at Windsor Station. Also shown is baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed, Aug. 1, 1958.
Dayliner No. 9058, (Train 11) and No. 2627, (Train 22) at Windsor Station. Also shown is baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed, Aug. 1, 1958.
No. 2627, (Train No. 22) at Windsor Station, Windsor. Photo also shows baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed on August 1, 1958.
The Windsor Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 1959.
The Windsor Station with the Fort Edward Blockhouse in background, photographed by Harold Jenkins, July 1, 1970.
Interior view of the waiting room of the Windsor Station, 1959.
Interior view of the operator's bay of the Windsor Station, 1959.
Passengers from Midland train led by No. 8136 wait for Dayliner from Halifax. Note freight house and station at Windsor in August 1959.
Windsor Station, with train arrival, likely Train No. 22, the mixed train from Truro, January 1965 as the baggage-express depot is demolished.
Windsor Station with the remnants of the old wooden station/baggage and express depot, undated but likely January 1965.
Dayliner No. 9057 at Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Dayliner No. 9057 en route from Halifax to Kentville at Windsor Station on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Windsor Station at sunset at Windsor on July 19, 1967.
Mixed train M22 with locomotive No. 8138 approaching Windsor Station on September 4, 1967.
The Windsor Railyard, Windsor Freight Shed and Windsor Station looking east, Summer 1970.
The Windsor Railyard and Windsor Station looking west, Summer 1970.
An interior view of the waiting room of the Windsor Station, just before the station was demolished, July 1970.
Interior view of the operator's bay of the Windsor Station in its final days, July 1970.
Lloyd Van Blarcom in the operator's bay of the Windsor Station, July 1970.
Windsor Station awaiting demolition as tracks are bing lifted during the Highway 101 overpass construction, July 1970.
Salvage and demolition begins on the Windsor Station with tracks removed for the Windsor Causeway realignment, July 1970.
Windsor Station is demolished through a controlled burn by the Windsor Fire Dept, new Highway 101 overpass in background, Sept. 1970.
Windsor Station is demolished through a controlled burn by the Windsor Fire Dept, new Highway 101 overpass in background, Sept. 1970.
Windsor Station is demolished through a controlled burn by the Windsor Fire Dept, Sept. 1970.
Metal Station 1970-Present
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The Avon River Causeway, the new Windsor Station and new DAR main line all under construction at Windsor September 1970.
The new Windsor Station and new mainline to the Avon River Causeway under construction with the old freight shed in the upper right, October 1970.
RDC 9058 or 9059 passing through Windsor, with the new Windsor Station and Avon River Causeway nearing completion October 11, 1970.
The new Windsor Station with the old freight shed in the centre and the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse, Aug. 7, 1973.
No. 8138, No. 8139 and freights at Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8139 at the Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8136, No. 8138 and van No. 436617 with the freight shed being removed in June 1974.
No. 9062 at the new Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1975.
No. 9062 at the new Windsor Station in Windsor on July 19, 1975.
CPR extra No. 8139 leaving Windsor Station for Kentville on July 19, 1975.
Train No. 1 arriving at Windsor Station, Windsor on Aug 17, 1977.
Train No. 1 at Windsor Station, Windsor on Aug 17, 1977.
No. 6113 another RDC are Westbound, making a stop at Windsor Station on August 21, 1980.
Interior of the Windsor Station, showing the station clock, circa 1980s.
Windsor Station in July 1993.
VIA's 1987 Apple Blossom Special Westbound at Windsor Station.
Windsor Station looking west down the Avon River causeway on August 30, 2011.
Windsor Station close up looking west on August 30, 2011.
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References
- ↑ James Laurie, Report on the Nova-Scotia Railway: its present condition and probable cost, by James Laurie, Civil Engineer, February 5th, 1858, page 52, (1858).
- ↑ Peter M. Latta, Old Railway Stations of the Maritimes (St. Agnes Press, 1998), page 11 and 22.
- ↑ W.W. Clarke, Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia, page 37
- ↑ J. B. King (H. B. Jefferson), "Rare Old Photo" The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 1958
- ↑ Peter M. Latta, Old Railway Stations of the Maritimes (St. Agnes Press, 1998), page 11 and 22.
