The Halifax and South Western Railway (reporting mark H&SW)[1] was a historic Canadian railway operating in the province of Nova Scotia.
The legal name of this railway was the Halifax & South Western Railway, as is defined in various Acts of the Nova Scotia Legislature, such as 1902 c.1, Act respecting the Halifax & South Western Railway Co.. However, Halifax & Southwestern Railway is also sometimes[when?] also used.
The H&SW was created in spring 1901 when William Mackenzie and Donald Mann approached the provincial government with plans to finish the abortive plans for a railway from Halifax to Yarmouth along the province's South Shore. For many years, the line had significant curvature throughout its length, a result of the rugged local topography, which earned it the moniker, "Hellish Slow & Wobbly".
^Railway Equipment and Publication Company, The Official Railway Equipment Register, June 1917, p. 357
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