Chronology
Every dated history fact across the site, in date order. Precision varies — some dates are just a year — so ordering within a year is approximate. Showing all entity types.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894-10-12 | Middle Subdivision | The rails on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. have now reached Carson's Lake, five miles from Barrys Bay. The work along the whole line to Long Lake is being pushed vigorously and long stretches are ready for the ties and rails. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Brockville Recorder 1894-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Barrys Bay | A new steamboat for the Madawaska, which is to run from Barrys Bay on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. to Combermere, has been launched and will at once commence to carry passengers and freight. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-16 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | At the Chancery Divisional court yesterday, the second round of the long fought contest between the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway company and the Atlantic and Northwest Railway company, resulted in a victory for the latter with costs. The former will, however, shortly enter a further appeal to restore the now dissolved injunction, which, until now, has prevented the latter company from laying their line in a certain way in Carleton county. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-19 | Car Shops | Parry Sound car shops located - on Concession street. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-24 | Car Shops | Work commences on the [Parry Sound] car shops [on Concession Street]. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S.RR. are putting in a new diamond at the junction. The switchman there has improved the surroundings with pretty flower beds. | Almonte Gazette 1894-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-27 | Ottawa East | DANGEROUS PLAY. BOYS UN-BRAKE CARS ON THE C. A. R. AND CAUSE A RUNAWAY. The charge will be that they set loose a number of freight cars on a down grade on the Canada Atlantic railway in Ottawa East and thereby might have caused a smash-up. The cars were set loose Wednesday evening. There are several tracks in the portion of the C. A. R. yard in Ottawa East and quite a number of the boys of the village have been in the habit of playing on and around them. Some of the boys loosened the brakes of several of the cars on the side track. There is a heavy grade on this part of the line and the cars sped away in the Montreal direction. They broke through a safety appliance designed to prevent them getting on to the main track, and tore down the line; a couple of them jumped the track further down. Yard hands discovered the occurrence in time to prevent any accidents. The Canada Atlantic authorities placed the matter in the hands of Detective Flanagan. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-27 | Ottawa | FREIGHTS CRASHED IN. A SMASH ON THE O., A. P. & S NEAR LE BRETON STREET. Eighteen Sheep Killed - Six Hundred Were on the Train - The Accident Occurred Saturday Night. There was a rather big smash-up Saturday night on the Parry Sound road at Le Breton street. Five box cars and seven flat cars came to grief. The accident occurred at 10 minutes past ten Saturday night. A way freight from up the line was the victim; the train consisted of 44 cars, 24 flat cars and 20 box cars, with two engines attached, one in front and one behind. It is supposed the train broke apart coming down the heavy grade at Preston st. crossing and that the hind part then smashed into the front part. Five of the box cars were thrown off the track and very badly damaged; heavy oak stringers were snapped and heavy iron bars twisted; a number of cars were wrenched from their trucks. Among the box cars destroyed were three loaded with sheep; in all 600 animals were aboard, but only 18 were killed, and all but 15 were recovered after the train hands broke into the sheep cars and liberated them. No one was injured. Men worked all Saturday night and all day Sunday until 5:20 p.m. to clear the track in time to avoid interference with ordinary traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-10-29 | Rockland Branch | The work on the Central Counties railway is being rapidly pushed forward and the line will probably be open for traffic the coming winter. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-02 | Rockland Branch | Work on the branch line to Rockland is progressing rapidly, the grading is nearly finished and next week will see part of the rails and ties in position. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-02 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. A new engine made its first trip on the O.A. & P.S.RR. on Monday. The inhabitants were notified of its visit by its singular whistle. | Almonte Gazette 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-02 | Wilno | On the OA & PS line west of Wilno, there is a sink hole which causes the company a good deal of trouble and expense, and is continually sinking and requiring more ballast. A few days ago, while a train was passing, one side sank eighteen inches, nearly throwing the last of the cars off the track. | Eganville Enterprise 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-05 | Eastmans | What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted on the C.A.R. Saturday about noon. A special train carrying Central Vermont Ry. officials, returning from a week's hunt at the terminus of the O., A. & P.S. Ry., left Ottawa about 11 o'clock on Saturday for home. When the special was approaching Eastman's Springs the agent at that place, it is alleged, flagged the train to stop, but the engineer took no notice of the signal and went straight through without stopping. The Boston express coming to Ottawa had, by this time, left Bearbrook, the next station below Eastman's, and it seemed a collision was certain. Half way between those stations the engineers of both trains saw the other train approaching; the engines were brought to a standstill not thirty yards apart. The Central Vermont special backed up in front of the Boston express to Eastman's. An investigation was in progress before Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-09 | Bridge at Madawaska | The steel on the O.A. & P.S. is now laid as far as the crossing of the Madawaska, twenty miles west of Barry's Bay. The building of the bridge will delay them there for some days as the building could not be commenced until the steel reached that point to bring in the necessary stone, cement and iron superstructure for the bridge. | Mercury 1894-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-12 | Rockland Branch | The Central Counties Railway have commenced distributing ties and rails on their new line. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-12 | Rockland Branch | Mr. James Shanly, chief engineer of the United Counties railway, in an interview yesterday said the whole line from South Indian, on the Canada Atlantic, to Rockland, on the Ottawa River, a distance of seventeen miles, would be completed and trains running shortly after the new year. "We will begin track laying on Monday morning and a good gang of men will rush the work ahead quite rapidly," he said. He expects a large passenger and freight traffic will develop itself from the day the new railway is opened. The Canada Atlantic have leased the road and will run it in connection with their system. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-12 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | To Inspect the O.,A. & P.S. railway. A special train left the CAR depot this morning having on board E J Chamberlin, general manager; and G A Mountain, chief engineer of the O.,A. & P.S. Ry; Mr. Lynch, government inspector; city engineer; C J Booth and C P. Cunningham for the purpose of inspecting the last twenty-five miles of the O A & PS Line west of Barry's Bay. The party return this evening. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-13 | Rockland Branch | Mr. Jas. Shanley, chief engineer of the United Counties railway, was in Montreal yesterday. He stated that track laying would be begun at once between South Indian and Rockland. This line will be 17 miles in length and will be completed early in the new year. The new road will be operated by the Canada Atlantic Railway, who have leased it for a term of years. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-15 | Wilno | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. has been petitioned to build a station at Wilno, half way between Barry's Bay and Killaloe. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-18 | Middle Subdivision | Ten miles of the O.A. & P.S. railway between Barry's Bay and the Opeongo Forks passed under Government inspection on Monday. Mr. Lynch, government engineer, made a thorough examination of this new portion of the road and found everything satisfactory. The rails have been laid for a distance of twelve miles beyond the point of inspection. | Mercury 1894-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Huntsville Forester 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-19 | Egan Estate | THE WHEELS CRUSHED OVER HIM. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A "STEEL TRAIN" ON THE O. A & PS. A very sad accident, the first with fatal results that has happened on the O, A & P S Ry, occurred yesterday near the Egan Estate Depot above Eganville. The 'steel train' was conveying a gang of men from camp to work after dinner; the men were seated on the platform cars. Four men were riding at the rear of the tender, sitting on the toolbox with their feet supported on the coupling of the flat car next to the tender. The roughness of the road caused the coupling pin to drop out unnoticed, and the engine and cars separated, causing the four men to lose their balance and tumble off. Two rolled off at the side of the track; one fell directly on the rails and was instantly run over and killed; the other fell between the rails underneath the train and miraculously escaped death but received a dreadful shaking up. The man killed was Wm. J. Chugg, who lived with his mother on Preston Street, Ottawa. The man injured was James McGowan, also of Ottawa; inquiry at the hospital found some of his bones broken. E.J. Chamberlin, general manager, was at the upper end of the line when the accident occurred; he arrived about four hours after and at once wired to Pembroke to have the coroner, Dr. Dixon, hold an inquest. Chugg's body was brought to Barry's Bay to await the coroner, and Mr. Chamberlin brought McGowan down to Ottawa on his special train, where an ambulance conveyed him to the Protestant Hospital. Mr. Chamberlin states that this is the first fatal accident on the line since the road left Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-19 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. returned last evening from a trip up the line. He states that the rails will be laid today to a distance of five miles from Long Lake and trains will be running to that point, which is 144 miles distant from Ottawa, some time next week. The construction will stop at this point for the winter although the rock work will be continued throughout the winter. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-20 | Rockland Branch | The first rails on the new railroad between South Indian and Rockland are being laid. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-23 | Middle Subdivision | Navvies are coming down now, off the Barry's Bay and Long Lake (now Galeairy Lake) job. Winter operations will be limited to clearing and blasting mostly. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-24 | Madawaska | O.,A. & P.S. Divisional Point Selected. Land is being surveyed at the Madawaska crossing for the divisional station and grounds of the O.,A. & P.S. railway. This place is exactly halfway between Ottawa and Parry Sound, located in the township of Murchison in Nipissing District, about twenty miles above Barry's Bay, on the property of Mr. J.R. Booth. A tract of land two miles long and one wide is being surveyed out and the remainder of the land that is not required for car shops etc. will be laid out into town lots. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-27 | Middle Subdivision | General cessation of work among the construction gangs of the O.A. & P.S. road has now commenced and by this time next week will have been completed. Mr. M. Delaney, construction foreman for Mr. Wm. Heald, the furthest western contractor, arrived down last night with his gang of men. He said that the road was now graded up to the end of the contracts at Longlake and the steel will be laid to that point by Saturday, or at latest on Monday next. The work has been carried on with great dispatch and satisfaction to all, each of the half dozen contractors having been fortunate in securing excellent staffs of steady men. Mr. Delaney says it is one of the finest and most substantial roads built in Canada or anywhere else. As there is a large amount of trestle work on the last section there are a number of men at work in that department, but otherwise the road is deserted of men who are now making their way towards Ottawa to winter in the city and environs. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30 | Eganville | Mr. C. McKiernan is getting names to a petition to get a siding on the O.A. & P.S. Railway at the place known as the Spring Creek on the Perreault Road. A siding there would be very beneficial to the farmers in this country as it is very inconvenient for them to take their stuff to the Eganville station. A great many have signed the petition, and it is very probable that the work of construction will commence soon. | Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30 | Middle Subdivision | Work on the O.A. & P.S.R. This week the season's work on the O.A. & P.S. railway will reach an end. The line will then be completed to Long Lake, a distance of 144 miles from Ottawa, leaving only 60 miles to be built next season to complete the line to Parry Sound. Rails are now laid to 149 miles from Ottawa. By the end of the week the fifteen hundred men who are still engaged on the work will be discharged. More than two thousand men were employed all season on the work. The trains coming eastward are to be seen crowded every day with returning laborers, principally Italians. During the winter nothing will be done besides survey work. One party has now set out from Long Lake and another from Elmsdale, at the western end of the line, to rectify the hurried survey made during the summer of the sixty miles of the line unconstructed. | Almonte Gazette 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Huntsville Forester 1894-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | A man named Mahoney, brakeman on the O. A. & P.S. Railway, lost one of his hands while coupling cars last week. | Almonte Gazette 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30≤ | Killaloe | A flag station will be built at once midway between Killaloe and Golden Lake [at Ruby], which will be convenient for the people of South Algoma, Brudenall and parties getting out timber. | Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-01 | Whitney | E.C. Whitney's saw mill at Long Lake, on the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway, is nearing completion. The building is erected and ready for the machinery, which will be put in on completion of the railway to that point. | Canada Lumberman 1894-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-05 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Several thousand long boom logs have been taken out of the Ottawa river since the mills closed down, and at the present time these are being stacked along the entire length of Mr. J.R. Booth's long mill platform. It is said that the logs will be made into very heavy dimension timber during this present winter season, and will be used in the construction of the new workshops of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway on Concession street, and this fact forms additional evidence that the shops will be put up at the earliest possible date. The cutting will be done in a new circular sawmill built during the present summer at the Chaudiere Falls. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-07 | Barrys Bay Depot | Barry's Bay is threatened with the removal of its station and water tank to a point four miles west. Disputes between land owners and the railroad company respecting land required by the company is the cause. | Mercury 1894-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-21 | Elgin Street | There are great improvements going on at the Canada Atlantic depot at present. All the offices have been removed from the depot to the handsome new three storey building across Catherine street and the interior of the depot is being completely changed. The eastern end, where the offices were, is being made into a ladies waiting room while the western end will be made into a restaurant. Mr. Burgess will have charge of the restaurant. The company are also to open a restaurant at Alexandria. | Ottawa Journal 1894-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-28 | Arnprior | A man named Bourdeau (also given as Napoleon Bourdon), a resident of Arnprior, was badly hurt by a steam shovel on the OA & PS Railway on Friday. He was standing on the bank above the cut where the shovel was at work when the earth gave way beneath him and he fell into the shovel; the accident was not discovered before the derrick had been swung around and the contents dumped on a flat car, where he was found among the earth and gravel. | Mercury 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0s #623-624 | Built by Baldwin as CA 22-23 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #623 | Built by Baldwin as CA 22 C/N 13991 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #624 | Built by Baldwin as CA 23 C/N 13992 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0s #663-664 | Built by Baldwin as PSc 63-64 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #663 | Built by baldwin as OA&PS 63 C/N 13993 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894-4 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #664 | Built by baldwin as OA&PS 64 C/N 13994 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894? | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #3 Coteau | Renumbered 3 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894? | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #5 Richelieu | Renumbered CA 5 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894? | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #606 | Renumbered CA 6 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1894≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | From 1894, when he was appointed engineer, William H. Taylor ran trains on the Hawkesbury-Glen Robertson line; he recalled one in a blinding snowstorm that stalled it for a whole day: "When they left Hawkesbury early that morning the weather was fine and clear, but by the time they got to within four miles of Glen Robertson the snow lay so thick on the track that they couldn't budge an inch." Conductor James Clarke snowshoed about four miles to get provisions for the passengers, and the coach heaters kept them warm. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Line opened Golden Lake to Whitney, 60 miles | CNRHist |
| 1895 | The Parry Sound Colonization Railway Company | Line opened Eglington to Rankins, 10 miles | CNRHist |
| 1895-01-04 | George H Phillips | The Arnprior Chronicle described George H. Phillips as travelling passenger and freight agent of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway and "a hustler after business for that road". He had had charge of the railway's excursion business the previous summer and made a grand success of it, and in January 1895 was promoting the Ottawa carnival to draw excursionists over the line. | Arnprior Chronicle 1895-01-04(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) |
| 1895-01-04 | Whitney | THOUGHTFULNESS OF A RAILWAY OFFICIAL. A man named Joseph Pelsky, employed in a shanty near Long Lake, had one of his legs badly crushed by a falling tree on Thursday. He was brought down on the OA & P S R. last evening and taken to the Water street hospital. Mr. Chamberlain, general manager of the line, had a train sent from Barry's Bay to Long Lake to pick up the sufferer, and in consequence the regular evening train was two hours late in reaching Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-04 | Whitney | A new town is to be laid out on the O.A. & P.S. RR. at Long Lake. It is to be called "Whitney", after one of the members of the St. Anthony Lumber Company, to which this town will owe its existence. | Almonte Gazette 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-11 | Madawaska | A siding is being built at the Madawaska crossing for the benefit of the upper Bonnechere and Petawawa shanties. | Mercury 1895-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-18 | South March Depot | A new station is being built on the O.A. & P.S. Railway at South March. | Mercury 1895-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 12 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-02-01 | Barrys Bay | The threatened stoppage of trains on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. line at Barry's Bay has taken place. The station master has been removed from that place and trains no longer stop there. Passengers are taken on and left off at Wilno, six miles east of Barry's Bay, and Martins, two miles west. The proprietor of the land, who thought that he had the company at his mercy, has now found out his mistake, but the misfortune is that others suffer as well as he does. The sidings at Barry's Bay have been taken up and the iron is being used in putting in a siding on the land of Mr. August Pilatzkie on lot 34 in the 25th Con. of Grattan. | Mercury 1895-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-11 | Car Shops | Mr. Simpson of the O.A., & P.S. engineering staff has commenced taking levels on the site of the proposed new workshops, Concession St. | Ottawa Journal 1895-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-15 | Aylen Lake | The new O.A. & P.S. station west of Barry's Bay is called Rabbit Station, on account of those animals being so numerous around there. | Mercury 1895-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-23 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Half a million dollars is to be expended on the construction of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway this coming summer. The work of construction is about to be resumed; contractors have already gone out to select camp sites. Contracts have been awarded for three more ten mile sections and a fourth is to be let out: E. Fauquier will construct the first ten miles west of the present terminus at Long Lake, O'Neil and Ferguson the next ten miles west of Fauquier's, and Poulin and Fitzpatrick the ten miles eastward from the terminus of the Parry Sound and Colonization Railway, forty or fifty miles east of Parry Sound. The contractors will begin bare rock cuttings immediately, and start pile driving where necessary on 1 March. About the beginning of May a force of fifteen hundred men will be put on the general construction work; the part of the line being built passes through very mountainous, the heaviest part of the line. About 40 miles will remain to be constructed in '96 if the four sections are finished this season, the gap being this side of Elmsdale. | Ottawa Journal 1895-02-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-03-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 100 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-03 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-03-08 | Middle Subdivision | Mr. Wm. Heald has sub-let a contract for the construction of the O.A. & P.S. from the Parry Sound end eastward and has left for the west to begin work on his contract. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-08 | Barrys Bay | Freight Troubles. A railroad tie contractor last fall gave out contracts for ties to be delivered at Barry's Bay station on the O., A. & P.S. railway. The ties were delivered but the company had closed the station there and refused to receive any freight at that point, so the contractor had to reload them on sleighs and draw them to Martin's station. A merchant at Barry's Bay, just previous to the closing of the station, had ordered a car of salt billed for Barry's Bay; the company brought the car through to Martin's, and the merchant refused to accept it there, claiming that if billed for Barry's Bay it must be delivered there. Pressed for the goods, he finally had to yield, but when he went for his salt he had to pay for five days' demurrage of the car. | Almonte Gazette 1895-03-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-08 | Car Shops | May not go on Concession St. There is now a possibility that Mr. Booth may not build the Parry Sound Railway workshops on the proposed site on Concession st. A rumor to that effect was around town, based on the fact that yesterday the negotiations between Mr. Booth and Mr. Thos. Hickey for the sale of 12 acres of land next to the land recently sold to Mr. Booth by his brother Andrew Hickey fell through; Mr. Hickey, it is understood, asked more than Mr. Booth cared to give. It was stated that without the Thomas Hickey property, Mr. Booth would not have enough room for his shops, yards and other purposes, and would be obliged to look elsewhere for a site. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-15 | Caldwell | During the past winter there has been an average of fifteen car loads of pulp wood, railroad ties and fence posts delivered at Caldwell's station (Scotch Bush) on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. | Mercury 1895-03-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-16 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0s 101-103 | Three new "Mogul" locomotives, Nos. 101, 102 and 103 intended for the O.A. & P.S. railway arrived at the Canada Atlantic Railway station yesterday and will go into service at once. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-03-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-18 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | Booth, Chamberlain and Mountain returned from looking for a site for the terminal at Parry Sound. The work on the eastern end is going on rapidly; over twelve hundred feet of pile driving has been done on the Mud Creek trestle on Long Lake, expected to be finished in about four days, after which rock cutting will begin. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-22 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | On Friday night two engines passed Eganville on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. loaded with dynamite for the construction west of Long Lake. Each engine drew two cars, each car containing ten tons of dynamite; to make the conveyance of the dangerous material as safe as possible, the trains were four hours apart, one passing at twelve o'clock midnight and one at three o'clock Saturday morning, both arriving at Whitney on Saturday morning. The train left Ottawa late at night and travelled slowly, so as to minimize unexpected stops. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-28 | Whitney | Fully 300 men are waiting at Whitney for the re-opening of the work on the construction on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. At present the only work being done is on the rock cuts and pile driving; work on the gravel pits is expected to commence in about a fortnight, and this will give employment to many of these men. Work on grading will not commence until the frost is out of the ground. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-29 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The C.A.R. will put a large number of new, elegant excursion coaches on their line this summer. The coaches are now being built at the Crossen Car Works. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-29 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The OA & P S Ry. Company ought to put on another passenger car on their train between Eganville and Whitney. There are at present only two passenger cars on this train, and in both going and returning they are very often uncomfortably crowded, so much so that sometimes passengers cannot get a seat and have to stand. | Mercury 1895-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 102 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-04-02≤ | Barrys Bay | The pile driving operations on the Parry Sound Railway at Barry's Bay will be completed in about a week's time. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-04-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-05 | Barrys Bay | It is reported that the O.A. & P.S. R. Co. will rebuild their station at Barry's Bay, on land adjoining that of Mr. Stafford, which has been given them for free. | Mercury 1895-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-08≥ | Unidentified Locomotives 0 | Two new big "Mogul" freight locomotives for the Canada Atlantic railway arrived at the shops yesterday and will be put into service at once. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-04-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-11 | Whitney | On the railway near Whitney the principal work is rock excavation and trestle work. There are 150 men employed there now, and the summer camps are being put up. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-12 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The passenger traffic of the OA & PS is now almost as large as the CAR between Ottawa and Montreal. Both lines are doing a good business, but travel on the OA & PS is increasing every day, and becoming a rival to the older line. Residents from as far as fifty miles distant come to make their large purchases. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-04-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-12 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Ontario Legislature. April 9th. - a strong deputation from Pembroke waited on the government today and asked for a bonus for a railway from Pembroke to Douglas - a distance of 25 miles. The deputation claimed that the proposed line would open up a fine tract of country and come into competition with no other road. | Almonte Gazette 1895-04-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-19 | The Pembroke Southern Railway Company | Thomas MacKiee (representative of board of trade) accompanied group to Toronto. Seal to be purchased. To apply to ammend act of incorporation to run to Golden Lake to connect with OA&PS, ads to run in Ontario Gazette and Local Newspaper. Looking for bonus from federal government. | PSMinutes |
| 1895-04-19 | Rockland Branch | Surveyors are engaged today surveying the sidings into W.C. Edwards and Co.'s yards. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-22 | Middle Subdivision | Two new gangs of workmen have just been despatched to begin operations on the far end of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway; there were two locomotives and a long train of flats, together with one of the steam shovels, which has wintered in the Elgin street yards. A second shovel, which has not left the city, will be sent up the line in a few days to begin work in one of the gravel pits. The frost seems to be pretty well out of the ground and it is anticipated that one of the shovels will be able to operate without difficulty. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Rockland Branch | The Rockland and South Indian Railway will be opened for traffic in a short time. Regular trains will stop at The Brook and Clarence Creek where stations are being erected. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Whitney | Arthur Bruce, engineer, OA & PS, has discovered a gravel pit on the right of way, one mile west of Whitney; as formerly gravel was brought from Opeongo Forks, the value of the pit is apparent, and it will supply gravel to the end of the road. Contractor Richardson was burning brush and it got out of control, burning for three days near Whitney; they tried to save buildings at Contractor Heald's headquarters. The fire was on the least valuable portion of the limit. | Mercury 1895-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Middle Subdivision | Four hundred men are already at work on the O.A. & P.S.R. Three hundred are engaged on the first section west of the eastern terminus and one hundred on the second section. The principal work at present is rock-cutting and clearing the right of way. Three hundred men are now at the end of the iron ready to go to work. | Almonte Gazette 1895-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Madawaska | The Booth limits on both sides of the Madawaska, near the mouth of L'Amable Creek, were on fire last week. All the men on the various drives of logs were taken off the river to try to prevent its spread but despite their efforts it spread with great rapidity; the fire started from the OA & PS Ry. line where the right of way was being cleared out. The McLachlin limits to the north of Carson Lake were also on fire and their men were also fighting it. The heavy downfall of rain on Saturday night and Sunday came just in time to save the limits from disastrous fires. | Eganville Enterprise 1895-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-29 | Rockland Branch | The Central Counties Ry. Co. have resumed work on their line and expect to commence ballasting shortly. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-30 | Unidentified Freight Cars | The C.A.R. will construct one hundred flat cars this summer. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-30 | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company | The new steam shovel for the Parry Sound Railway has now been sent up to work at "The Forks" and one hundred men have been given employment in addition to those already at work. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Flat 100-298 even numbers | {100-264}: 73 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Stock 1000-1018 | {1000-1005} 6 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Box 103-123 | {103,107,109,113,123} listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Ottawa & Boston Lumber Line Box 2000-2699 | 700 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Flat 300-326 even numbers | 14 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Box 3000-3449 | 500 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Flat 333-549 | 200 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Box 4000-4199 except {4003, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4017, 4024, 4025, 4028, 4043, 4046, 4049, 4051, 4059, 4063, 4064, 4065} | 200 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Flat 300-399 | {300-399}:100 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic & Central Vermont Box 5050-5799 | 250 listed in {5050-5299} | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic & Central Vermont Box 8750-8999 | 250 listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Caboose | {OA&PS 20,21}{CA 1-10} listed | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |