All cabooses are private railway cars with full bath,
air-conditioning, refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable TV.
air-conditioning, refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable TV.
All cabooses are private railway cars
with full bath, air-conditioning,
refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable
TV.
with full bath, air-conditioning,
refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable
TV.
All cabooses are private railway cars with full bath, air-conditioning,
refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable TV.
refrigerator, coffee maker, and cable TV.
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1887
Intercolonial Railway builds the Tatamagouche Station.
Intercolonial Railway builds the Tatamagouche Station.
1890
Dave Langille purchases first ticket. Passenger
service begins July 15th.
1894
Governor General Lord Aberdeen Whistle stops
at the station.
1960
End of passenger service to Tatamagouche.
Dave Langille purchases first ticket. Passenger
service begins July 15th.
1894
Governor General Lord Aberdeen Whistle stops
at the station.
1960
End of passenger service to Tatamagouche.
1973
The station master moves out and station closes,
demolition is scheduled.
1974
James LeFresne, age 18, purchases station to prevent
demolition.
1986
The last train passes through Tatamagouche in
February. It ends up getting stuck in snow and
never completes its last run.
1987
Restoration begins on the station.
The station master moves out and station closes,
demolition is scheduled.
1974
James LeFresne, age 18, purchases station to prevent
demolition.
1986
The last train passes through Tatamagouche in
February. It ends up getting stuck in snow and
never completes its last run.
1987
Restoration begins on the station.
1989
Tracks are removed and the station opens as the Train Station Inn.
1990
James Le Fresne is awarded entrepreneur of the year by the Tourism Industry
Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS).
1991
The Governor General of Canada stays at the inn on June 19th.
1994
Canadian National (CN) wooden cabooses #78257 and #79092 arrive at the inn on January
2nd.
1995
The Train Station Inn Cabooses Act passes Nova Scotia legislature in May. Wooden
cabooses #78257 and #79092 are opened as accommodations in June. Canadian National
caboose #79815 arrives in November.
1996
Caboose #79815 opens to the public. Canadian National caboose #78107 is purchased and
leased to the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Ry. (CB&CNS) as a functioning caboose. It
becomes CB&CNS #1000.
1996
The Train Station Inn receives the Accommodation Award of Excellence from TIANS.
1997
Canadian National #76606, a transfer van arrives. It is 1 of 13 remaining of 210 built.
1998
Cabooses #79575 and #79510 arrive in June from CN. Passenger car #7209 is purchased in
January and is used by the CB&CNS for special events. Boxcar #71662 (ex-437100), built in
1937, arrives at the inn. It is from the first set of steel boxcars CN built. Boxcar #73337
(ex-537717), built in 1954, arrives at the inn.
1999
Cabooses #79575 and #79510 open for use in May. Canadian National caboose #77021, an
ex-Montreal auxiliary train caboose, arrives in June.
2000
Caboose #77021 is renovated and opened as accommodations.
2001
Canadian National boxcar #71662 is renovated into accommodations. VIA passenger car
#7209 arrives at the inn in December.
2002
Passenger car #7209 is opened in July as a dining car. CB&CNS caboose #1000 (Canadian
National #78107) is decommissioned after 5 years of use, and in June it comes to the inn.
Restoration of this caboose to CN #78107 is pending.
2004
A track speeder is purchased and brought to the Inn. It was originally used in Truro, then
in Montreal.
2006
December, Vice Royal Railway Car ALEXANDRA built in 1905 Arrives at the inn.
2006
The Train Station Inn # 1 out of the top 10 most unique places to stay in Canada as
chosen by: Camilla Cornel of the Canwest News Service...printed in The Calgary Herald
July 29 2006, The Montreal Gazette August 5 2006, The Vancouver Sun July 30 2006, The
National Post July 2006 & The Ottawa Citizen August 12th 2006. Link
2008
The Train Station Inn is chosen as one of the filming locations for the CBC's "The Week The
Women Went" TV series.
Tracks are removed and the station opens as the Train Station Inn.
1990
James Le Fresne is awarded entrepreneur of the year by the Tourism Industry
Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS).
1991
The Governor General of Canada stays at the inn on June 19th.
1994
Canadian National (CN) wooden cabooses #78257 and #79092 arrive at the inn on January
2nd.
1995
The Train Station Inn Cabooses Act passes Nova Scotia legislature in May. Wooden
cabooses #78257 and #79092 are opened as accommodations in June. Canadian National
caboose #79815 arrives in November.
1996
Caboose #79815 opens to the public. Canadian National caboose #78107 is purchased and
leased to the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Ry. (CB&CNS) as a functioning caboose. It
becomes CB&CNS #1000.
1996
The Train Station Inn receives the Accommodation Award of Excellence from TIANS.
1997
Canadian National #76606, a transfer van arrives. It is 1 of 13 remaining of 210 built.
1998
Cabooses #79575 and #79510 arrive in June from CN. Passenger car #7209 is purchased in
January and is used by the CB&CNS for special events. Boxcar #71662 (ex-437100), built in
1937, arrives at the inn. It is from the first set of steel boxcars CN built. Boxcar #73337
(ex-537717), built in 1954, arrives at the inn.
1999
Cabooses #79575 and #79510 open for use in May. Canadian National caboose #77021, an
ex-Montreal auxiliary train caboose, arrives in June.
2000
Caboose #77021 is renovated and opened as accommodations.
2001
Canadian National boxcar #71662 is renovated into accommodations. VIA passenger car
#7209 arrives at the inn in December.
2002
Passenger car #7209 is opened in July as a dining car. CB&CNS caboose #1000 (Canadian
National #78107) is decommissioned after 5 years of use, and in June it comes to the inn.
Restoration of this caboose to CN #78107 is pending.
2004
A track speeder is purchased and brought to the Inn. It was originally used in Truro, then
in Montreal.
2006
December, Vice Royal Railway Car ALEXANDRA built in 1905 Arrives at the inn.
2006
The Train Station Inn # 1 out of the top 10 most unique places to stay in Canada as
chosen by: Camilla Cornel of the Canwest News Service...printed in The Calgary Herald
July 29 2006, The Montreal Gazette August 5 2006, The Vancouver Sun July 30 2006, The
National Post July 2006 & The Ottawa Citizen August 12th 2006. Link
2008
The Train Station Inn is chosen as one of the filming locations for the CBC's "The Week The
Women Went" TV series.
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