Windsor & Hantsport Railwayphotos by Grizzz2003 The Windsor and Hantsport Railway (WHRC), owned by the Iron Roads Railways, started operations in August 1994. The rail line operates 54.8 miles of former DAR/Canadian Pacific Railway Halifax sub in central Nova Scotia. It runs from Windsor Junction, where it interchanges with CN, to the end of rail at Kentville. The WHRC office and shops are located in Windsor, at the eastern gateway to the Annapolis Valley. The primary commodities on the WHRC are gypsum, rock, grain, vegetable oil and lumber. It also operates a seasonal tourist excursion train, the Evangeline Express. WHRC System Map. |
 WHRC shops at Windsor. |
 WHRC units at the Windsor shop. |
 Ballast train at the WHRC Windsor Office with crew inside getting orders to go west. |
 The east end of Hantsport. |
 Port Williams siding with feed and produce customers at the west end. |
 Gypsum train at the gypsum mine at Miller's Creek. |
 Gypsum train power, on the left, at Hantsport waiting for Fundy Gypsum to move so that we can go over onto our empties and return to the mine for more rock. Fundy Gypsum rents a single unit from WHRC. Fundy Gypsum usually hauls into their facility 11 cars at a time, 1/2 a Gypsum train. |
 Fundy Gypsum critter. |
 WHRC 8046 with caboose #150. |
The Evangeline ExpressThe WHRC's seasonal tourist excursion train.Grand Pré is located along Nova Scotia's Evangeline Trail in the beautiful Annapolis Valley. At the Grand Pré National Historic Site, a stone church stands as a memorial to the Acadians who were exiled from their homes and farms in 1755. The site also features a statue of Evangeline, the Acadian heroine whose spirit inspired Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's famous poem. |
 Trackside at Grand Pré |
 The Evangeline Express arriving at Wolfville. There is a caboose, a closed coach and two open cars in the consist. |
 Grizzz puts on a show for the tourists as he attempts to rescue "Vern" who is trapped under a rolled over gypsum car along the track to Hantsport. |
 The Evangeline Express at Wolfville, open passenger cars built on flat cars. |
 The Evangeline Express arriving back at Windsor. |
WHRC Motive PowerThe WHRC roster consists solely of ex Canadian Pacific Montreal Locomotive Works RS23 locomotives. Only 8046 has been completely repainted into WHRC colours. The other units retain their original CPR colours and numbers with only the CPR logos painted over. Maintenance is done at the WHRC shop at Windsor. The shop holds six units and has two through tracks. |
 Inside the WHRC shop. |
 CPR 8046 painted in CPR colours. |
 WHRC 8046, at Hantsport, painted in WHRC colours. |
 WHRC 8019 at the Windsor shop. |
 WHRC 8036 at Windsor shop. |
 WHRC 8037 at the Windsor shop. |
 WHRC 8040 at the Windsor shop on a dead track, robbed for parts. |
WHRC RS23 Roster - all ex CPR of the same number
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 All photos were generously submitted by Kim "Grizzz" Little |