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by lhopkins | Feb 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
LOCOMOTIVES Middleton Railway Museum is fortunate enough to have four locomotives in it’s collection, two steam, one diesel and one gasoline. You can find out more about each of our engines by clicking the images below: CNR 1274/1521 (4-6-0) CNR 7260 (0-6-0)...
by lhopkins | Feb 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Turntable One of the more unusual features of the steam locomotive era in Nova Scotia was a bridge-like structure placed in a hole that could be turned on a guiding rail by hand or using an attached motor. The diesel locomotives that replaced the old steamers are...
by lhopkins | Feb 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
6 Wheeler (0-6-0) CNR 7260 The little engine that did is coming to Middleton! Steam locomotive 7260 is returning to the Canadian National Railways line that linked Lunenburg and Bridgewater to Middleton and Port Wade. The locomotive is a gift from the Nova Scotia...
by lhopkins | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
LADIES WAITING ROOM LIBRARY Our library occupies a significant portion of the former Ladies’ Waiting Room. What is its story? The blueprint for the Canadian Pacific station in 1916 included a waiting room reserved for women and children, as was the custom at the...
by lhopkins | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Middleton Station A fire completely engulfed the Middleton railway station on June 21, 1916. The three-story building dating from 1890 was destroyed in the blaze. The importance of the railway junction of the Canadian Northern and Dominion Atlantic railways at...
by lhopkins | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Locomotive 1274/1521 moves to middleton How It All Came Together As part of the display at the gate to the park styled as a train station (1), this great old train (2) became available when Upper Clements park closed its gates for good in 2019 and sold the land to the...
