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Springfield Railway

By John R. Cameron

The Davison Tramway (later the Springfield Railway) was the most significant of the various logging railways that were built and operated in Nova Scotia. It was originally chartered in 1904 (1903-4, c.146) to run from a point on the Halifax and South Western (former Nova Scotia Central) between Alpena Station (south of Nictaux) and not more than two and one-half miles south of Cherryfield and from any point on the Caledonia branch, to points on the timberlands of the Davison Lumber Company (or which it has acquired). The name was changed to the Springfield Railway Company the next year (1905, c.135). Time for completion was extended in 1906 (c.158). In 1920 (partly as the result of a lawsuit, or perhaps the change gave rise to one), the company was authorized to run its rails to any point on the margin of a river or lake to which logs from any of the Davison lands could be driven (c.182).

[SOURCE: A Legislative History of Nova Scotia Railways, by John R. Cameron, 1999.]

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