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Caption: In 1872 the Intercolonial Railway went thru. In 1877, a short Springhill and Parrsboro Rwy was established. The junction became Springhill Jct.
After 1884 the Sp&P became known as the Cumberland Railway & Coal Company, and it retained that name for the rest of it's existence.
The Intercolonial became known as the Canadian Government Railway after 1915, and then merged fully with the Canadian National Railway in 1918.
The Cumberland line was abandoned in 1962 after business dried up. The deadly explosion in #2 Coal Mine in Springhill on the 23rd of October, 1958 was the final nail in the coffin, so to speak, after 75 men lost their lives in one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history..
The station at Springhill Junction is long gone, but the VIA schedule still lists a station there, as a flag stop for those wanting to ride the "Ocean".
I did not recall a station there when I visited in 2017, so looked it up. The "station" is a sign post. Geez.
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There apparently was a small unmanned VIA station until about ten years ago, but it’s long gone too. And so for the time being (COVID-19) is the “Ocean”. Currently (May 2021) a pile of rusty rails lies within the station’s foundations.
I went looking for that VIA “Kiosk” in 2019 and was surprised it was gone. Nothing left but a namesign on a pole.
I should add that going thru in 2019 made the thought of ‘double checking’ for the kiosk worthwhile, as I might not have been sure of just where I should have been looking. Too many years go by and I forget things.
@awmooney, It might interest you know that I posted the link to this image in the Facebook group “Springhill Matters”, where at time of writing it’s received 56 reactions, 26 comments and 17 shares (including to another Facebook group “Blast from our Past, People and Places of Springhill,N.S.” where it’s received 176 reactions and 105 comments so far.) Incredible.