This picture was identified by Nelson Godden

Built in 1859 by Richard McLearn. Destroyed by
fire in 1937. Year photo taken is unknown. 
Look closely and you can read the sign on the
front of the hotel. 
In later years it was known as the Parker Hotel.

Pam went on to say;
"We also spent a lot of precious time at our
camp at Stillwater- the head of Five Mile Lake -
from 1961 to present day.   There were five of 
us�three brothers and one sister.  Mum would
dress us up (because you wore your good clothes
on the day liner) and we would catch the train at 
the Mt. Uniacke crossing (we owned the 
Benedict�s General Store -
originally the Cole Store) and would be dropped
off on a platform in front of Herb and Roy 
Ritchie�s camp in Stillwater.  We would stay
at the camp for the weekend and then get
washed up and dressed back up in our good 
clothes to catch the day liner back home on 
Sunday evening.  Dad would drive to the
crossing about a mile down the tracks and 
back pack the food and often ice blocks for
the weekend or week depending upon the 
duration of our stay. 

I have many wonderful memories of the
railway�.one of them was hearing Dad or
Mum yell out "TRAIN!!!"  They always ran
to the yard when it was train time to make sure 
that none of us or the other 30 + children in the
close proximity were on the tracks.  So you can
imagine that living in a house and having a
camp both on the tracks that we heard them call out 
"TRAIN" a lot! 

We always ran to wave to the train as well. 
I have such fond memories of us all running 
to the veranda on the front of the camp and
leaning out to wave to the train�they would
always be watching for us and give a wave
or a toot of the whistle. 
My grandparent's Eustace & Elsie Benedict's
home (now my mother's) was just in behind the
Mt. Uniacke station a bit and until the last run
a few years ago, we still went out to wave to
the train. 

Granddad Benedict worked on the railway as 
well.  I will look for any pictures that we may
have as I think there is one of him beside the
trolley.  There was also a siding (?) at this 
crossing where the bunk trains used to park
in the summer for the railway men to sleep
and eat in.   It was always a treat to get a
warm cookie from the cook�
I think his nickname was Cookie."

The only significance of this location is that it was the closest rail stop to Summerville, Hants county where I live today. The station and the other buildings have been gone since the mid 1950's

The station been cut in half and converted to a small seasonal cabin. It has been moved about 500m from its original site. 
It now sits on a hill overlooking the old 
DAR roadbed.

The Nova Scotia Central, from Middleton to Bridgewater
and Lunenburg, was a long time building. The statutory maze of its various reorganizations as it wended its way towards Bridgewater over the South Mountain is remarkable. But only thirty years after it was first proposed, and barely ten years after it was completed, the Nova Scotia Central became part of the Canadian Northern, eventually Canadian National. The route was operated for passenger service into the 1950s and for freight until abandoned in the 1980

This station has been moved from it's original location
and is now used as museum/tourist center

The old station has now been demolished and
new buildings in the style of an 1850 Intercolonial 
Railway station and freight shed have been built.
This new  station is a craft & gift shop.

The station was built in 1928-30 as part of a hotel and 
railway station complex, consisting of the adjoining 
Hotel Nova Scotian, now the Westwin Nova Scotian,
at the foot of Barrington Street just outside the
downtown commercial core.  http://www.thewestinnovascotian.com/

The NSR was taken over by the Government of Canada in 1867 as one of the terms of Confederation. In 1877, a new federal Crown corporation, the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), opened a magnificent new terminal railway station at the foot of North Street, south of Richmond and much closer to the city's downtown.

This was the junction point for trains that ran from the
mainland to Prince Edward Island via the rail car ferry.
It now serves as the VIA Rail station.
It is also the first station in New Brunswick once you 
leave Nova Scotia

In April10, 1987 the ice breakup on the Saint John river destroyed the CPR bridge at Perth-Andover and a section
of the bridge at Woodstock NB which essentially ended railroading in Aroostook Jct. Only one diesel was left with one caboose after the bridge disaster.

Steve lived in  Aroostook Jct. where his father worked for 
the CPR as a Brakeman/Conductor from 1948 until 1976.

It has been totally refurbished inside and out. 

View a series of pictures at: http://cadcpei.com/projects/cn-station-renovation/

For all you steam fans, this page is a must