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The Dominion Atlantic Railway (reporting mark DA) [1] was a historic railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia in Canada, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley.
The W&A became part of the Dominion Atlantic Railway or DAR in 1894 and the DAR itself was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR in 1912, although it was operated as a separate entity. When the DAR was sold by CPR in 1994, the Windsor Branch came under the control of the shortline Windsor and Hantsport Railway .
The railway ran from Windsor to Annapolis Royal and leased connections to Nova Scotia's capital of Halifax. The W&AR played a major role in developing Nova Scotia's agriculture and tourism industries, operating from 1869 until 1894 when it evolved into the larger Dominion Atlantic Railway.
The Flying Bluenose was a Canadian luxury passenger train operated by the Dominion Atlantic Railway between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1891 to 1936. It was a boat train scheduled to connect with passenger steamships to Boston and ran only during the summer months.
The Evangeline was a passenger train operated from 1956 to 1990 by the Dominion Atlantic Railway and Via Rail Canada between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dominion Atlantic [ edit ]
Former DOSCO coal hauler, assets acquired by Sydney Coal Railway: Dominion Atlantic Railway: western Nova Scotia: 1894–1994: Acquired by CPR in 1912, after 1988 was operated as part of CAR. Sold to become WHRC. Dominion Coal Company: Dominion Timber and Minerals Railway: Laurentian Mountains (Western Quebec) Kilmar, Black Lake, Lachute ...
It quickly proved profitable and was purchased by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in 1892. [5] When the W&A became the Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1894, the CVR became a subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic but the name "CVR" continued in local use until the line was finally abandoned in the 1990s. [6]
Windsor and Annapolis Railway locomotive Gabriel in Kentville, c. 1870. When the Windsor and Annapolis Railway (later named Dominion Atlantic Railway) established its headquarters in Kentville in 1868 and began shipping Annapolis Valley apples to British markets, the community began to thrive. The railway not only employed a large number of ...