[charland]

Hi All,

I've been working on another route for a couple of months, the Dominion Atlantic in Nova Scotia. Just completed the headquarters and main yard in Kentville so I thought I'd share a few screenshots.

We'll follow Train 2 as it enters Kentville from the south at the West Main Street crossing:



CPR 9059 passes Canada Foods who took over the DAR roundhouse as a warehouse for bottles and cans after the DAR ended steam operations in the late '50s:



The former machine shop became American Can's warehouse, burning in 1973, the concrete coal tower stood into the '80s:



Heading east through the yard Train 2 passes the Baptist Church and Centennial Arena:



9059 approaches the Kentville station:



Behind 9059 are the DAR shops. With the DAR being isolated from parent company CP Rail, the Kentville shops were responsible for maintaining 2 RDCs, 2 S-3s, and 7 SW1200RSs, any rolling stock that needed attention and it's paint shop was kept busy in the late '60s and '70s applying the new "Action" paint schemes CP Rail adopted:



There were no food services on the RDCs so the station stop was an extended one so passengers and crew could get off the train and grab a drink and a bite.



Train 2 departing Kentville on route to Halifax with the Cornwallis Inn in the background:



Paul :-)

[timmuir]

As Usual, an impressive body of work, Paul. This is set in the 70's, right?

[charland]

Hi Tim,

Thanks. Yes, should be 1972 before the fire that took out the old machine shop in '73 but I'd have to say it will be "early" '70s and might span a few years. We moved to the area in 1970 and the DAR was still using one of the two S-3s lettered for them as the yard engine in Kentville, but it was transfered off the DAR shortly after that.

Paul :-)