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A local train is returning from Dartmouth? toward Rockingham yard. The 1700's were the most common (almost to exclusivity) locomotive seen on locals in Nova Scotia. The pile of gravel in the background is from the quarry that lies to the right of the tracks. It is still an ongoing business, where they blast the granitic bedrock and run the loosened material through crushers. I don't know what the track going off to the left served at this time, though.
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Caption: A local train is returning from Dartmouth? toward Rockingham yard. The 1700's were the most common (almost to exclusivity) locomotive seen on locals in Nova Scotia. The pile of gravel in the background is from the quarry that lies to the right of the tracks. It is still an ongoing business, where they blast the granitic bedrock and run the loosened material through crushers. I don't know what the track going off to the left served at this time, though.

Photographer:
Steve Young [781] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/05/1986 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1774 (search)
Train Symbol: ? (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Waverly (search)
City/Town: Halifax (search)
Province: Nova Scotia (search)
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2 Comments
  1. downeastrailfan
    August 5, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    Great shot. The track to the left serves a cement plant. It is still a source of rail traffic today. CN location is Bedford Quarry, which is at the top of Bedford Hill, the ruling grade out of Halifax.

  2. Steve Young
    August 6, 2016 at 7:39 am

    Thank you for the added information.
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