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Alcos on the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia


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© 1998 Steve Barry steve@daylightimages.com

This section is divided into two pages to provide quick loading

This section was set up on September 4, 1998.



The Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia was an all-Alco railroad until 1997. Today the line is still operating, but all the Alcos are gone. This is a look back at the Alco days in Nova Scotia.


The crew awaits the arrival of the eastbound train at sunrise at Stellarton on August 28, 1996.

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A westbound train drops downhill near Christmas Island with M630 2016 leading three sisters on August 27, 1996.

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M630 2032 leads a westbound train over the bridge at Port Hastings, leaving Cape Breton for the Nova Scotia "mainland."

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