Canadian Railroads > A few more from New Glasgow

Here's a few more from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.....

-A close up on the Business Car in the photo I posted in the other thread....and just guessing here it might have been carrying CN Officials checking in on an order being produced at the Hawker Siddeley railcar plant in Trenton. September 1974

-VIA #19 a.k.a the 'Cabot' crossing the East River from New Glasgow to Stellarton in April 1979

-VIA 'Railiner' e/b to Sydney in June 1982.

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The tracks through the downtown were elevated. The two buildings of Goodmans Department Store (white bldg on right) were split by the tracks and had a interior passageway under the tracks connecting the two.

https://goo.gl/maps/v2fdEPqU57czT7VZ9


(rotate the above Street-View to the left and you will see the vacant lot where the 'high-rise' building in other shots once stood)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/20 07:41 by ghCBNS.

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In the mid '80s the old brick station was going to be demolished and VIA set up this temporary Trailer until a new station could be constructed. New Glasgow and Stellarton were only 2 miles apart and it was decided a new combined station would be built midway between the two towns. The new station opened in June 1988 and was only used for a year and a half before VIA ended all service between Truro and Sydney in January 1990. The building still stands today along the CB&CNS tracks on the Museum of Industry site:

https://goo.gl/maps/52aRNj5jQL3bUZUy6

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Great photos and narrative.
Brian N.

First-rate historical photos.
Bob