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 subdivisions.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-09-23 | Hawkesbury Branch | The largest excursion that ever came into Ottawa was brought in by the C.A.R. this morning. There were 2,300 people on it. It took twenty-five cars to carry the people and two engines to draw them. The train came in two sections ... The excursionists came in from Hawkesbury and intermediate stations between that point and Ottawa. ... On this day last year the same excursion train brought in 1,750 passengers. (Almonte Gazette, 1 October: 'There were 2,500 people on it.' Eastern Ontario Review, 1 October: the Canada Atlantic carried 457 excursionists from Vankleek Hill to the Central Canada fair at Ottawa.) | Ottawa Journal 1897-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1897-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1897-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1897-10-15≥ | Eastern Subdivision | Mr. Walter S. Booth, railway mail clerk between Ottawa and Montreal, fell off the C.A.R. train between Alexandria and Glen Robertson and was killed. (As reported by 15 October 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1897-10-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-06-29 | Hawkesbury Branch | A special meeting of the town council was called for Monday afternoon to draw up a by-law favoring a bonus of $7,500 to be given to the C.A. Ry. to cover expense of extending and operating their line in connection with a pulp mill to be erected near the western limit of the town, in connection with the Riordan paper mills. The town clerk is now framing same and expects to present it to the people inside three weeks. | Ottawa Journal 1898-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-07-15 | Eastern Subdivision | A number of employees of the Bell Telephone are now in the vicinity of Alexandria and Glen Robertson. They are constructing a telephone line along the C.A.R. from Swanton to Ottawa. | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-07-15≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | A herd of cattle were seen on the C.A.R. track between the Hill and Dalkeith on Tuesday night last. They were grazing quietly when noticed. The owners hardly succeeded in getting them off before the evening train came along. An accident most certainly would have occurred if the animals had not been noticed just when they were. (As reported by 15 July 1898; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-09-02≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | On Saturday last a special train ran from Glen Robertson to the Hill to convey a camping party safely home from a pleasant outing at Parry Sound. ... They cannot say too much in favor of the C.A.R. and the accommodation furnished by the company. (As reported by 2 September 1898; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-09-20 | Hawkesbury Branch | At the Central Depot the rush was unprecedented at so early date in the fair. The special from Hawkesbury brought in 18 car loads containing some 1,400 and the Boston eight cars crowded to their utmost. | Ottawa Journal 1898-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-11-18 | Hawkesbury Branch | It is rumored that the C.A.R. will put on an early morning train from Hawkesbury to Coteau to connect with the G.T.R. train for Montreal. This would land Vankleek Hill passengers in Montreal at about 9 o'clock in the morning. ... It is also reported that the afternoon train will run to Alexandria so that the C.A.R. fast trains will not have to stop at Glen Robertson. ... On the Hawkesbury branch this would necessitate two trains - a freight and passenger, instead of at present, a mixed train. | Eastern Ontario Review 1898-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1899-05-12 | Hawkesbury Branch | A bill respecting the Central Counties Railway was put through. It makes the point at which the railway may begin an extension westward along the Ottawa to Hawkesbury, instead of Vankleek Hill, and also authorises the construction of a line from Vankleek Hill to the Quebec boundary. ... power is given to lease, purchase, sell to or amalgamate with the C.P.R., C.A.R. and Great Northern. | Ottawa Journal 1899-05-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-01-13 | Western Subdivision | A branch line known as the McAulay Central railroad has been built from a point five miles west of Madawaska up to the scene of lumbering operations in the shanties. The line is about ten miles in length and most effectively facilitates the traffic between Ottawa and the lumber camps. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-10 | Western Subdivision | A steam shovel is being operated at Simm's pit. The station which was burned down at Racing River last week was simply a small office. The loss was inconsiderable and it will not be rebuilt until the spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-02-17 | Western Subdivision | There is an unusually large lumber traffic on the line of the CAR at present. About seventy-five car loads of logs are brought down daily over the McCauley Central which connects with the western division of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1900-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-10-26 | Hawkesbury Branch | The formal opening of the Great Northern Railway took place Wednesday when a through freight ran from Quebec to Hawkesbury, thence over the Canada Atlantic line to Parry Sound on the shore of Georgian Bay. ... It is expected that the first through train of grain from the west via Parry Sound for Quebec will pass over the Great Northern line within a fortnight. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-11-09 | Hawkesbury Branch | There were several grain trains passed through here this week over the C.A.R to connect with the G.N.R. at Hawkesbury for Quebec. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1900-11-16 | Hawkesbury Branch | The roadmaster of the C.A. Railway was here last week. He said that a through passenger service would be established on the G.N.R. from Quebec to parry Sound. Conductor Cote, of the Hawkesbury branch, will get a run on the through service. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-11-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-09-14 | Hawkesbury Branch | C.A.R. Leaves the Track. Bad wreck on the Canada Atlantic Railway last Saturday - much damage done but no lives lost. The Canada Atlantic mail train, due here at noon, was wrecked at Potter's brick yard on Saturday last on its way to Hawkesbury. The train was taking two new engines down to Hawkesbury for the use of the Great Northern Railway. It is thought the weight of these engines running at a rapid rate of speed spread the rails and derailed the train. One engine, four freight cars, a baggage car and the passenger coach were wrecked. The engine and one freight car were turned entirely upside down and another freight car was thrown at right angles across the track. The road bed and track were completely destroyed for several rods. There were only four passengers in the coach and they escaped without any injury. A wrecking crew came down from Ottawa in the afternoon and after working all night and all day Sunday in the rain succeeded in clearing the track. | Eastern Ontario Review 1901-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-06-19 | Hawkesbury Branch | The officials of the C.A.R and G.T.R. made a trip of inspection over the Hawkesbury branch in a special train. In the party were Messrs. McGuigan, Pullan and manager Hays of the G.T.R.; Mr. Jones of the Central Vermont; and Messrs. Chamberlain and Donaldson of the C.A.R. They went from Hawkesbury to Rockland. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-11-03 | Hawkesbury Branch | The Grand Trunk Railway is rushing repairs on its branch from Glen Robertson. The past week there have been three work trains and five engines at work ballasting and making other repairs to the branch. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-12-24 | Hawkesbury Branch | Breadalbane. What might have been a serious accident took place on the Grand Trunk Ry. on Tuesday, as the 10.45 a.m. train was going up, the rails spread and the coaches went for about a hundred feet on the trees. No serious damage resulted, however, and by 3 p.m. the train was got on the rails and proceeded to Hawkesbury. | Eastern Ontario Review 1907-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-06-20 | Hawkesbury Branch | Breadalbane. The wreck that occurred on the G.T.R. here on Saturday afternoon was rather more interesting than usual and attracted a large crowd of spectators from the surrounding neighborhood. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-03-12 | Hawkesbury Branch | Through collision of a G. Trunk snow plow and an engine of the C.N.R. Quebec line on the Hawkesbury branch of the G.T.R. about half a mile out of Hawkesbury, Wednesday afternoon, plow foreman Marlow, of Coteau, lost his right arm and a boy was less seriously injured. The C.N. engine had been placing cars on the G.T. siding and was backing down to the junction switch when it struck the snow plow, wrecking it with the casualties mentioned. A wrecking gang was hurried to the scene and the wreck cleared in time to allow passage of the evening train from Glen Robertson. | Eastern Ontario Review 1909-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-04-19 | Rockland Branch | Floods have finished their work on the Ottawa division of the G.T.R. and on the Rockland branch, where a swollen stream carried away a culvert; the gap in the track, which was about two miles from Rockland, has been patched up and trains are running through again. Superintendent Morley Donaldson, who went to Pembroke to investigate trouble in that vicinity, found that the streams had all gone down, and there was no more danger of delay through high water. | Ottawa Citizen 1909-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-09-17 | Hawkesbury Branch | A young man by the name of Dufresne was killed on the G.T.R. track in Breadalbane on Wednesday afternoon. He had come into Vankleek Hill on the morning train and was walking back on the track in the afternoon. There is a big curve and a steep down grade at the point where he was killed. It was impossible to stop a heavy freight train when the fellow was seen by the engineer. His body was completely severed in two. He was about 34 years of age and unmarried. | Eastern Ontario Review 1909-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-07-19 | Rockland Branch | An attempt to wreck the G.T.R. pay car, due here last night, was made between 6 and 7 o'clock, about three miles from the village on the Rockland branch. At a concession crossing some miscreant tore up the crossing in broad daylight and laid planks across the rails. The engineer of the pay car engine noticed the obstruction and rapidly threw on the brakes; the car was going slow and nothing serious happened. The people here feel that it is unfortunate that this attempt at wrecking should occur on the eve of the strike; citizens generally repudiate the thought that railway employees had anything to do with it, but think some miscreant took advantage of the occasion to throw suspicion on the railway men. | Ottawa Journal 1910-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Chesterville Record 1910-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1910-07-29 | Hawkesbury Branch | Freight trains began running on the Hawkesbury branch of the Grand Trunk on Tuesday last. Regular trains are now being operated both on the branch and main lines. Note: after a strike. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-10-04 | Chaudiere Branch | The Railway Commission granted the application of the Grand Trunk Railway for authority to construct a siding from a point on the Chaudiere branch east of Lloyd street, thence westerly upon and across Lloyd street to the premises of the Continental Bag and Paper Company, west of Lloyd street. The order is subject to approval of plans by the commission's engineer. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-10-04 | Chaudiere Branch | An application by the city for an order directing the Grand Trunk Railway to remove its tracks at the east end of the viaduct on the Richmond road was laid over. | Ottawa Journal 1910-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-11-03 | Chaudiere Branch | The Grand Trunk Railway will remove their tracks at the east end of the viaduct on Richmond road next week and place them under the viaduct. The promise was made to the Railway Commission today by W.H. Biggar Q.C., representing the Grand Trunk. The application of the city of Ottawa to compel the G.T.R. to place the tracks under the viaduct stands over until the next sitting; in the meanwhile the work will be rushed by the company. | Ottawa Journal 1910-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-01-07 | Chaudiere Branch | As a result of an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway was yesterday able to use the track under the Wellington street viaduct, and steps were immediately taken to relieve the tie up of part of the Booth industries at the Chaudiere. The various freight cars which had been lying idle for a couple of days were moved out, and work was kept up all night by extra large freight crews. Today the big Booth pulp mill which had been shut down resumed operations, and the various workmen who had not been able to work, both here and at Madawaska, found plenty to do. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-01-09 | Chaudiere Branch | Canadian Pacific Railway Company authorities say that their line has not been responsible for the recent tie up of traffic at the Chaudiere, owing to the Grand Trunk Railway not running under the Wellington street viaduct. The C.P.R. officials say that the Grand Trunk neglected to conclude proper arrangements with them regarding going under the viaduct, notwithstanding the G.T.'s statement to the Railway Commission that the matter would be adjusted. No agreement between the two companies has yet been signed regarding the G.T.R. running under the viaduct, but in the meantime the C.P.R. have given the other company that privilege until the matter is adjusted. | Ottawa Journal 1911-01-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-05-20 | Chaudiere Branch | The railway commission approved the G.T.R.'s application for authority to construct a branch line and spur from its Chaudiere branch westward across Rochester and Mark streets into Mr. Butterworth's coal chutes, on condition that all trains be flagged. The hearing included allegations by objectors' solicitor Mr. Kelley that Mr. Butterworth had made improper payments to try to get objections withdrawn, which Butterworth denied, saying he had only offered to pay the objectors' expenses if they withdrew opposition. Assistant Commissioner Scott ruled the board was not concerned with what use Butterworth made of his property, and authorized the spur given two tracks already crossed the street and the additional one would only be used for slow movements. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-05-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-10-30 | Hawkesbury Branch | A freight train on the G.T.R. left the tracks near the farm of Mr. Albert McLaurin, Breadalbane. Fourteen cars were ditched. Nobody was injured. It required some thirty-six hours for the wrecking crew to clear the track. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-09-30≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | From 30 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "Beginning on Sunday, October 2nd, the Grand Trunk railway from here to Glen Robertson will cancel all its passenger service. The only reservation for passengers will be a passenger coach attached to to the way freight. This train will leave Glen Robertson in the morning arriving in Hawkesbury about noon. In the afternoon it will return to Glen Robertson." A deputation from the Hawkesbury Board of Trade and others was to ask the Railway Commission to hold the change off until the municipalities could prepare a case. | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-11-04≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | From 4 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "On Wednesday next week the Railway Commission will hear the case of the several municipalities between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson protesting against the G.T.R. intention to cut off their passenger train on the branch line." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-11-11≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | By 11 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "On Wednesday the Railway Commission heard the protest of a municipalities between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson against the stopping of the passenger train on the local branch line of the G.T.R. Decision will be given next week. We heard unofficially that we would likely have only one train a day leaving Hawkesbury in the morning and returning in the evening." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-11-18≤ | Hawkesbury Branch | From 18 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "As we predicted last week, beginning next Monday we are to have only one passenger train a day between Hawkesbury and Glen Robertson. The train will leave Hawkesbury at 7:45 a.m. and arrived Glen Robertson at 9:45. The same train will leave Glen Robertson at 5:35 and arrive at Hawkesbury at 7:30. Two long hours to convey 21 miles." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1922-06-02≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | By 2 June 1922 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Mr. I. Sauve, section foreman of the G.T.R. branch line here, has lately purchased a gasoline railroad track car to travel to and from his work." | Eastern Ontario Review 1922-06-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1923 | Rockland Branch | Operation discontinued between Limoges and Clarence Creek | CNR Limoges map |
| 1926-05-27≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 27 May 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: Harold Pratt, six, "had his right leg so severely crushed by a Canadian National Railway shunting train near his home at 4.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon that amputation of the leg was found necessary to save the boy's life." The accident happened "while the train was crossing on the Booth mills spur line at Ottawa Street, between Lloyd and Lett streets", as he slipped trying to alight from a car on which he had "swiped a ride", according to the train crew. | Ottawa Journal 1926-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1926-12-11≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 11 December 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Falling under a box car, when playing near the tracks while a train was passing over the C.N.R. crossing at LeBreton street, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Henry Rockburn, aged six years... received injuries from which he passed away a short time after at the Civic hospital." The company reported a yard engine drawing 12 cars proceeding east over the crossing at about ten miles per hour; the train was stopped in sixty feet and "None of the crew saw the accident." | Ottawa Citizen 1926-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1926-12-15≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 15 December 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned in the case of the late Henry Rockburn, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rockburn... who was run over by a C.N.R. freight train at the Le Breton street crossing on Friday afternoon last." The jury "attached no blame on the train crew" in connection with the accident. | Ottawa Citizen 1926-12-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927 | Rockland Branch | Dismantled between Limoges and Clarence Creek | CNR Limoges map |
| 1928-01-05≤ | Eastern Subdivision | From 5 January 1928 (the issue date), the paper announced: "When the electric cars start running next week on the Canadian National between here and Montreal on the old Grand Trunk line, it will be the first time battery cars have ever been employed on that 116.3 miles of track. Ever since the late J. R. Booth laid down the old Canada Atlantic tracks, nothing but steam train have ever passed up and down that much travelled stretch of territory." The cars were designed to do local work, leaving the steam trains to carry the fast through traffic. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-01-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-11-23≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 23 November 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: A C.N.R. freight train "backing over the crossing at Gladstone avenue, west of Preston street" collided with a car; William Watterson, aged 98, and his daughter Mrs. T. H. Wilson were hurt and the car was dragged 40 to 60 feet. At the place there are two level crossings, one "on the C.N.R. line connecting the Bank street yards and the yards at the Chaudiere and the other on the C.P.R. line between Broad street yards and Ellwood"; "while there is an electric bell and wig-wag signal at the C.P.R. crossing, the C.N.R. crossing is unprotected." | Ottawa Citizen 1929-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-12-05≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 5 December 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner's jury at the police station last night inquiring into the death of William Watterson on Nov. 27 from injuries received when an automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a C.N.R. freight train at the crossing on Gladstone avenue. The verdict also recommended that some means of protection be installed at this crossing." The C.P.R. crossing there was protected with a wig-wag and the C.N.R. crossing was not. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-12-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1930-05-19≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 19 May 1930 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Failure to see an approaching train cost Harry Nicholet, of Hawthorne, Ont., the front part of his automobile. Harry, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. M. Nicholet and a cousin, Madeline Bray, were out driving Sunday morning. When crossing the C.N.R. track near Hawthorne station the auto was struck by the C.N.R. transcontinental train. Only the auto was damaged." | Ottawa Citizen 1930-05-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1930-09-11≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 11 September 1930 (the issue date), the paper reported: A motor car "ran into the side of a lumber train at the C.N.R. crossing on Booth street, shortly before midnight last night. The train was in motion at the time. The front of the auto was badly damaged but the two men in it escaped without injury." | Ottawa Citizen 1930-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1931-10-20≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 20 October 1931 (the issue date), the paper reported: Thomas W. Johnston, aged 66, "was injured last night on Booth Street at 11.35 o'clock, when, police state, he walked into the side of a freight train which was passing across the street into the yards of J. R. Booth Ltd." | Ottawa Journal 1931-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1931-12-26 | Chaudiere Branch | "The presence of mind of Clifford Lahey, 26 Westmount avenue, driver of a motor car, saved himself and three others from serious injury in a collision early this morning with a C.N.R. yard engine and caboose at the Gladstone avenue crossing near Preston street." On Gladstone avenue "there are two crossings only a few yards apart. While there is a wigwag signal at the C.P.R. crossing, the C.N.R. is unprotected." | Ottawa Citizen 1931-12-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1932-08-22≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 22 August 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: Michael Colabrese, crossing attendant, was "struck down by a motor car driven by Joseph Kenville, 165 Armstrong street, as it swerved to avoid a collision with a train at the C.N.R. crossing on Booth Street just north of Wellington." A yard engine hauling a string of freight cars was about to go over the crossing; Colabrese "was standing near the center of the roadway holding up a 'stop' sign". The car crashed into the crossing attendant's cabin. Kenville was charged with reckless driving. | Ottawa Citizen 1932-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1932-11-28≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 28 November 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: A milk truck driven by George Cassell, 18, "was hurled about forty feet when struck by a CNR passenger train at the Booth street crossing on the cross town tracks" on Saturday evening; the train was the eastbound Golden Lake to Ottawa train. Witnesses said the crossing bell was not ringing; "the warning bell commenced to ring as the train backed up." The yard limit on that line is near Bayswater avenue. | Ottawa Citizen 1932-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1936-07-27≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 27 July 1936 (the issue date), the paper reported: George Ephrian Harper Simpson, aged 50, farmer of Vars, "was instantly killed shortly after 4 p.m., Saturday, a victim of a level crossing crash on the Russell Road, a mile east of Hurdman's Bridge", when his car collided with the Montreal-Ottawa C.N.R. local passenger train due at Union Station at 4.20 p.m. "The crossing is a double one, the C.P.R. and C.N.R. tracks running parallel." The train was in charge of conductor C. C. McCulloch and engineer Wm. T. Asher. | Ottawa Citizen 1936-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1937 | Rockland Branch | Dismantled between Clarence Creek and l'Original Sub | CNR Limoges map(https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Plans/Hammond02....) |
| 1938-09-02 | Middle Subdivision | Delegations from points on the Ottawa-Madawaska line of the Canadian National Railways "are meeting the Board of Transport Commissioners this afternoon in protest against the C.N.R. proposal to cancel the evening train on the line in question." The Post Office Department also protested: letters, parcels and newspapers mailed in Ottawa after 7 a.m. would have to be kept a day until the morning train, leaving at 7.45. | Ottawa Citizen 1938-09-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1938-12-12 | Hawkesbury Branch | Arthur H. Heagle, 40, of 45 McGill street, was remanded for a week for medical examination in L'Orignal police court. He was "charged with placing obstacles on the Hawkesbury-Glen Robertson railway line in East Hawkesbury, following complaints by the train crew"; he had applied for a job as night watchman in the yards and "had apparently wanted to show the company that such was needed". He was arrested by C.N.R. Detective B. B. Harris. | Ottawa Citizen 1938-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-04-07≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 7 April 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Abandonment of the 39-mile stretch of C.N.R. line between Arnprior and Eganville has been agreed to by a joint committee of the Canadian and Pacific Railways, subject to approval of the Board of Transport Commissioners." Abandonment "means that the railway service from Arnprior to Glasgow Station, Goshen, Renfrew Junction, Douglas and Caldwell would be discontinued"; C.N.R. westbound trains would cross to C.P.R. tracks at Arnprior and cross back at Eganville, where a short piece of new track would have to be laid. | Eganville Leader 1939-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-06-08≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 8 June 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: "At the J. R. Booth, Ltd. railway crossing on Booth street about 11 o'clock last night, a car in charge of Gerald Desormeaux... struck the rear of a freight car that was being backed into the yard and then struck a parked car." A string of empty flat cars was being backed across the roadway, with a watchman with a red lantern signalling; engineer Kenneth Sullivan said he was sounding his whistle. Only slight damage was done. | Ottawa Citizen 1939-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-07-19 | Chaudiere Branch | John McGrath, 60, an employee of the Canadian National Railways for more than 20 years, "was found dead in his watchman's shelter at the Booth street railroad crossing at 5.15 a.m." The crew of a transfer train bringing empty cars from the Nepean yards to the Chaudiere lumber yards of J. R. Booth Limited stopped when they failed to see him; the coroner found death due to natural causes. McGrath had been a yardman for 22 years at the Bank street yards. | Ottawa Journal 1939-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-09-16≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 16 September 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Any concentrated effort by municipalities affected to fight the proposed abandonment of the 37 mile stretch of C.N.R. line between Arnprior and Eganville will receive the support of Arnprior", the council decided in regular session "last night", after receiving the formal application from the C.N.R. to abandon its Arnprior-Eganville division. "It was pointed out that the line gave employment to some ten Arnprior residents." | Ottawa Citizen 1939-09-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-11-20≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 20 November 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Four residents of Metcalfe leaped from an automobile just before it was struck by the Montreal-Vancouver CNR flyer on a level crossing on the Russell Road two miles south of Hurdman's Bridge on Sunday at 10.35 p.m." The driver stalled the car on the tracks; it was carried 29 feet, and all four escaped. "At the point where the accident occurred there were two level crossings on the road 184 feet apart." | Ottawa Journal 1939-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-11-27≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | By 27 November 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: Olivier Menard, 65, and his wife were killed "when the car in which they were driving collided with a Canadian National Railways train at the level crossing on highway No. 34, just outside the town limits at 12.10 p.m." at Hawkesbury, "the Glen Robertson Hawkesbury train which passes close by his home and planing mill". The car was tossed into a ditch about 30 feet away; Dr. Martin Powers opened an inquest, adjourned to 30 November. | Ottawa Citizen 1939-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1939-11-28 | Middle Subdivision | A hearing by the Board of Transport Commissioners "of an application to abandon the 37-mile line between Arnprior and Eganville was begun in Renfrew this morning." C.N.R. solicitor A. D. McDonald submitted statistics "purporting to show that a net saving of $104,000 per annum could be attained by abandoning the line"; Murray Chown argued for the affected municipalities that abandonment was not in the interest of the public, that two bridges on the C.P.R. alternative route were unfit for heavier traffic, and that the C.N.R. had asked to abandon the Golden Lake-Pembroke line two years earlier yet now asked to spend about $100,000 improving it. | Eganville Leader 1939-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-01-16 | Chaudiere Branch | A car driven by Albert Ardley of Toronto, skidding on the icy roadway of Gladstone avenue, crashed into the second last box car of a C.N.R. freight train "at the Gladstone avenue crossing at 2.30 this morning"; the train, with empty box cars, was about to enter the yards. The Journal says there is no wigwag at the intersection and the Citizen that the crossing is not protected by an automatic signal. Ardley was slightly cut; no charges were laid. | Ottawa Journal 1940-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1940-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-03-15≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 15 March 1940 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Judgement of the Board of Transport Commissioners has been issued granting the application of the Canadian National Railway for leave to abandon the operation of a portion of the Renfrew sub-division, between Arnprior and Eganville, 37.91 miles." The Board found a decrease in traffic on the C.N.R. line and a joint yearly saving of $104,000; "at present there is one train each way over the line daily", Ottawa to Barry's Bay in the morning and back in the afternoon. | Eganville Leader 1940-03-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-05-03≤ | Middle Subdivision | From 3 May 1940 (the issue date), the paper announced: The municipalities appealing against the Board of Transport Commissioners' decision granting the C.N.R. abandonment of the Arnprior-Eganville line "have received word from the Clerk of the Privy Council that the appeal will be heard in Ottawa on June 21", where "both the railway Co. and those opposing the abandonment through Dr. McCann and S. M. Chown, counsel for the municipalities" would present their arguments. | Eganville Leader 1940-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-06-17≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 17 June 1940 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Appeal against the decision of the Board of Transport Commissioners granting the CNR an order to abandon their line from Arnprior to Eganville, a distance of 49 miles, has been postponed until some time in the Fall, it was announced today." The appeal set for 21 June was postponed owing to pressure of business at the Privy Council; "in the meantime the line will continue in operation." | Ottawa Journal 1940-06-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-07-08≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 8 July 1940 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mrs. Nellie Stracey, 52, of Westmount, Que., a C.N.R. employee in Montreal, "was instantly killed" falling from the rear platform of the last coach of the Montreal-Ottawa train "a short distance west of Hawthorne station, about 5 miles from Ottawa" on Saturday night. Brakeman George Burgess "made an effort to stop her but he was too late." The Citizen gives the train as due at Union Station at 10.40 p.m., the Journal as 11.30 p.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1940-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1940-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1940-07-13≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 13 July 1940 (the issue date), the paper reported: A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Mrs. Nellie Stracey, who died of "cerebral haemorrhage and fracture caused by a fall from the rear coach of CNR train No. 1 at Stanley's Crossing near Hawthorne last Saturday night." Conductor Herbert Brown said the last car "was just an ordinary coach and had no bar or railing on the back. The back door was always left open so the flagman could signal the engineer." | Ottawa Journal 1940-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1943-11-18≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 18 November 1943 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Discontinuance of the C.N.R. line between Arnprior and Eganville will be opposed by the towns, villages and townships affected by the plan. A plan to oppose the scheme was approved at a meeting of mayors and reeves of the municipalities concerned held last week in Renfrew." The Almonte Gazette editorial argued that the application would not have seemed strange a few years earlier, when motor trucks and cars took the traffic, but that "conditions have changed". | Ottawa Citizen 1943-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1948-02-16≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 16 February 1948 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Crashing into a fast-moving Ottawa-Montreal CNR freight train at a level crossing on the Russell road one-and-a-half miles east of Hurdman's bridge a few minutes after nine o'clock Saturday night, three persons were injured, all critically." The car skidded on the icy road into the middle of the train, which had left Ottawa at nine o'clock; the conductor was Alexander Callender and the engineer Edward Kemp. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1948-12-03≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 3 December 1948 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A backing freight train pushed an automobile, driven by Robert Johnson, 362 Bell street, into a ditch at the Booth street CNR level crossing just before midnight, but the driver and two other occupants of the car escaped injury." The rear of the caboose struck the car; damage was estimated at $250. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1950-11-21≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 21 November 1950 (the issue date), the paper reported: A car collided with a westbound C.N.R. freight train at the Gladstone Avenue level crossing "near the American Bank Note Company late yesterday afternoon"; Ruth Waldrron, 35, was slightly injured. "There was no watchman, and no signals were employed at the crossing"; it was "the fourth level crossing accident to occur within the Ottawa city limits during the past few weeks". | Ottawa Citizen 1950-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1951-01-01≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 1 January 1951 (the issue date), the paper reported: The Canadian National Railways train No. 1, Vancouver-bound from Montreal and due in Ottawa at 10.20 p.m., "had to be halted two miles east of Hurdmans Bridge with a broken wheel 'tire' on one of the rear coaches" on Saturday night and was delayed more than four hours; divisional superintendent Gordon T. Dunn said there was no derailment. | Ottawa Citizen 1951-01-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1951-03-23≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 23 March 1951 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A derailed CNR freight car at the Lloyd street crossing on Booth street last night tied up traffic for about an hour." A section of track caved in on the west side of the crossing shortly before eight o'clock; a work crew put the car back on the rails by 9.15. | Ottawa Journal 1951-03-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1951-09-14≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 14 September 1951 (the issue date), the paper reported: Ernest R. Martin, 60, a C.N.R. yard foreman, "was crushed to death yesterday afternoon, when he lost his balance and fell between two boxcars" while directing the spotting of a car of malt into the siding at the rear of Brading's Breweries, a spur line; the train was going about a mile an hour, heading west. On 9 November a coroner's jury decided he "had to place himself in jeopardy" to do his job and recommended that all sidings be inspected and made safe; the tracks were only 11 inches apart at that point and the siding had since been changed. | Ottawa Citizen 1951-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1951-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1951-11-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1952-01-23≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 23 January 1952 (the issue date), the paper reported: Hugh M. Kelly, 17, escaped uninjured when his automobile "skidded into the path of a CNR locomotive, at the Gladstone Avenue level crossing, near Preston Street" about six o'clock last night on the icy pavement; the car was pushed along the tracks and damaged to over $300. | Ottawa Citizen 1952-01-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1953-01-12≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 12 January 1953 (the issue date), the paper reported: W. J. Bleackley "narrowly escaped injury or death and his car was wrecked when it was struck by a CNR passenger train at the Riverside Drive crossing just west of the Russell road, about 12.15 a.m. Sunday." | Ottawa Journal 1953-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1953-03-06 | Hawkesbury Branch | Walter McLeod, 34, a trucker of Morrisburg, "was burned to death in the cab of his semitrailer shortly before noon Friday when the truck crashed into the side of a CNR mixed freight" at the crossing about two miles north of Vankleek Hill; the truck burst into flames and derailed eight of the freight cars, and an express-passenger coach was destroyed by fire. "Mainline traffic between Ottawa and Montreal will not be affected by the crash as it occurred in the side line between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury." | Ottawa Citizen 1953-03-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1953-03-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1953-12-07≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 7 December 1953 (the issue date), the paper reported: Jack Jerome, 25, "escaped serious injury Saturday evening when his car was struck by a train on Booth Street at the CNR crossing near Lydia Street", the impact pushing the car 35 feet along the rails. | Ottawa Citizen 1953-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1953-12-14≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 14 December 1953 (the issue date), the paper reported: Leo Groulx escaped injury when his truck "was struck by a CNR locomotive at 5.45 p.m., Saturday" at the CNR crossing at the Russell Road; he said he did not see the train or hear the whistle. Damage was $150. | Ottawa Citizen 1953-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1954-04-03 | Chaudiere Branch | Joseph Colosante "was slightly hurt when his car plowed into the side of a heavy Diesel locomotive in a spectacular accident at 7.30 this morning" at the CNR crossing on Booth Street; the car, driven by his son Anthony down a slight hill, could not stop on the icy road and hit a diesel shunting engine. | Ottawa Citizen 1954-04-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1954-10-18≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 18 October 1954 (the issue date), the paper reported: Richard J. Dunlap's Shell Oil tanker was hit by a backing CNR train "at the Riverside Drive crossing" on Saturday night shortly after eight o'clock; he said he saw no lights except in one coach. Damage was $100. | Ottawa Citizen 1954-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1954-12-06≥ | Hawkesbury Branch | By 6 December 1954 (the issue date), the paper reported: Eugene Parisien, a farmer, jumped to safety "seconds" before "the Glen Robertson train" demolished his car at the CNR level crossing on Highway 34 about one mile south of Hawkesbury, on Saturday afternoon; "The train was pulling into Hawkesbury station a short distance away and was not travelling at full speed." The engineer was W. Peachy and the conductor Walter Moselle. | Ottawa Citizen 1954-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1956-02-28≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 28 February 1956 (the issue date), the paper reported: Keith Sasseville, 34, "was trapped in his car when it rolled down a 40-foot ravine after ramming into a CNR baggage coach at a local unguarded crossing" at Riverside Drive, west of Hurdman's Bridge, "last night" about 8.30; a train of baggage coaches was being taken from the Union Station. "Ten persons lost their lives in the previous crossing accidents that occurred in the district", the fourth crash in the area within eight days. | Ottawa Citizen 1956-02-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1956-03-12≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 12 March 1956 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mr. and Mrs. Amende Matte of Hull escaped uninjured on Sunday at 5.50 p.m. when their stalled car was hit at the Russell road crossing near Hurdman's Bridge by "the CNR's Super-Continental" travelling at 35 miles an hour on the approach to Union Station. "There are no barriers or mechanical signals at the crossing." | Ottawa Citizen 1956-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1956-11-12≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 12 November 1956 (the issue date), the paper reported: A Koffman Truck Leasing van being towed was pulled in front of an oncoming CNR train at the CNR crossing on Riverside Drive about 12.30 on Saturday afternoon; the crash hurled the van 80 feet to the bank of the Rideau River, snapping off a railway signal. Leo Beaudoin, 27, was hurt; damage was $3,500. | Ottawa Citizen 1956-11-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1957-11-26≥ | Chaudiere Branch | By 26 November 1957 (the issue date), the paper reported: A car-train collision "on Gladstone Avenue near Standard Bread Company last night resulted in only minor damage to the car involved and no injuries"; Mrs. Winnifred Rosewarne said she had stopped for the crossing, then proceeded, and CNR brakeman Eric Low said he had blown his whistle. | Ottawa Citizen 1957-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1957? | Pembroke Branch | "Stripped off two years ago from passenger service was the Pembroke branch. They have not bothered to clean off the tracks from Golden Lake this winter." | Ottawa Citizen 1959-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1958-10-23≤ | Middle Subdivision | From 23 October 1958 (the issue date), the paper announced: The C.N.R. passenger trains Nos. 89 and 90 between Ottawa and Barry's Bay were to stop with the change of time on October 26, "the last trip" on Saturday, October 25; mail would go by truck, and the Board of Transport Commissioners would hear the C.N.R.'s application to discontinue the service at Pembroke on November 18. On 19 November the hearing was "adjourned indefinitely" after counsel for the municipalities complained of lack of detailed information, and on 20 November the Journal reported "Ottawa Barrys Bay line continues for a year" and the Arnprior Chronicle "CNR line remains". | Ottawa Citizen 1958-10-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1958-10-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1958-11-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1958-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Arnprior Chronicle 1958-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1959-02-12 | Middle Subdivision | J. W. G. MacDougall, C.N.R. commission counsel, told a meeting at Arnprior of Ottawa Valley municipalities that "the railway was ready to inaugurate a new, modern train service between Ottawa and Barry's Bay"; if the public did not patronize it, the C.N.R. would ask the Board of Transport Commissioners for discontinuance. J. J. Greene, Arnprior, representing the municipalities, said railways "can be sold, just like soap chips". The meeting decided the new service would begin on March 1, leaving Barry's Bay at 5.30 a.m. and reaching Ottawa at 8.30, returning at 5.30 p.m., on a trial of at least six months, with a self-propelled diesel railiner over the 112-mile run. | Ottawa Citizen 1959-02-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1959-02-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1959-02-26≤ | Middle Subdivision | From 26 February 1959 (the issue date), the paper announced: The C.N.R.'s new dayliner service between Ottawa and Barry's Bay would make its inaugural run on Monday morning; "the present conventional train No. 89 and No. 90 will make its final run on Saturday". The dayliner, a self-propelled diesel car, would operate on a reversed schedule, leaving Barry's Bay at 5.30 a.m. and Ottawa at 5.30 p.m., calling at Killaloe, Eganville, Renfrew, Arnprior and Carp. | Eganville Leader 1959-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1959-03-02 | Middle Subdivision | More than 40 persons, including a number of Ottawa Valley reeves, boarded the C.N.R.'s streamlined dayliner on Monday morning for "the inaugural run of the new trial service between Ottawa and Barry's Bay"; on Tuesday 16 travelled. The self-propelled diesel, with room for 49 passengers and for express and baggage, was to run on trial for at least six months. By 12 March the C.N.R. reported 240 revenue passengers in the first six days, an average of 20 a trip, and by 9 April a record 426 in the fifth week, 35 a trip. | Eganville Leader 1959-03-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1959-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1959-04-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1959-04-26≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 26 April 1959 (the issue date), the paper reported: The last full conventional train ran from Ottawa to Barry's Bay "last Saturday": "69 years of passenger trains on the Ottawa-Barry's Bay passenger service" ended as a gleaming new rail diesel car replaced three old C.N.R. coaches, Diesel No. 1302 running Train No. 89, which at Barry's Bay became No. 90. Conductor Albert Seguin reported 35 passengers westbound and 30 eastbound; "Stripped off two years ago from passenger service was the Pembroke branch", and "where once there was a train a full 263 miles to Depot Harbor, now there is none." | Ottawa Citizen 1959-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1959-06-10 | Middle Subdivision | James Baskin, M.P. for Renfrew South, proposed that the railiner leave Barry's Bay at 7 a.m. for a 10 a.m. arrival in Ottawa and leave Ottawa at 6.15 p.m.; the railiner, in trial service since 2 March, "has been in operation 13 weeks, and is handling an average of 20 revenue passengers a trip". After eight weeks in July and August averaging 27 passengers per train, the figure fell to 18 over six weeks (30 October item). On 20 November the C.N.R. announced a Sunday evening dayliner, leaving Barry's Bay at 7 p.m. and Ottawa at 11 p.m.; on 25 November it said the service would continue "until next spring" on a further trial basis, the lack of increased patronage "a distinct disappointment", and from 16 December the daily train would leave Barry's Bay at 7 a.m. and Ottawa at 6 p.m. | Eganville Leader 1959-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1959-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1959-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1959-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1959-12-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1960-02-08 | Middle Subdivision | On the Ottawa-Barry's Bay service "an average of 22.7 revenue passengers per trip was handled" by the C.N.R. since the change of 16 December: 3,491 revenue passengers on 154 trips in 11 weeks; the 22 trips since the Sunday service began in mid-December carried 601, an average of 27 per Sunday trip. On 17 May the C.N.R. said it would continue the service for the summer, extending the trial two months before any application for withdrawal; on 15 July the running time was cut by 30 minutes and a 91-passenger railiner, the largest type on the system, was to be placed in service the following Monday, June passenger averages being 18, 19, 20 and 35. | Eganville Leader 1960-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1960-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1960-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1960-06-04≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 4 June 1960 (the issue date), the paper reported: A 17-year-old youth "had a narrow escape from death Friday afternoon at 4.45 when his truck was in collision with a CNR freight train at the Russell Road Crossing"; the truck's load of 250 dozen eggs flew in all directions. | Ottawa Citizen 1960-06-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1960-11-04 | Middle Subdivision | The C.N.R. asked the Board of Transport Commissioners for permission to discontinue the Ottawa-Barry's Bay passenger service, "despite various improvements made in passenger service during the past 18 months": "The last of the changes was effected in July of this year when 30 minutes was cut off the running time. The expected increase in passengers, however, did not materialize." Passengers and municipalities protested; many said dropping the Sunday service instead of the express would have let the line pay. A single Budd car leaves Barry's Bay at 7.15 a.m. for Ottawa at 9.45 and the Arnprior agent does about $300 a week passenger and $3,000 express business. By 30 November the Board had briefs from Barry's Bay and Renfrew against the plan. On 12 December the Barry's Bay-Ottawa coach was frozen and 24 passengers had to be thawed in the baggage car, said M.P. James Baskin. | Eganville Leader 1960-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1960-11-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1960-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1960-12-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1961-02-10≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 10 February 1961 (the issue date), the paper reported: The Board of Transport Commissioners "on Thursday deferred a decision on whether to discontinue the Ottawa-Barry's Bay train service", at the completion of a two-day hearing. D.F. Mills of the C.N.R. said discontinuing the run "would mean an annual betterment of $97,105", quoting revenue of $87,775 and expenses of $159,985 from August 1959 to July, "a net loss to the C.N.R. of $72,210". James Baskin, M.P. for South Renfrew, said the C.N.R. attitude "was encouraging many lumbermen to ship by truck rather than by train." | Eganville Leader 1961-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1961-07-03≥ | Middle Subdivision | By 3 July 1961 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The CNR passenger train between Ottawa and Barrys Bay made its last run Friday. It left Ottawa Union Station at 5:40 p.m., DST, and arrived at Barrys Bay at 8:10 p.m." The Board of Transport Commissioners had approved the C.N.R.'s application to discontinue the passenger run; "the railroad will continue to handle freight and express services on this line, Monday through Friday." | Ottawa Citizen 1961-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1961-10-14≥ | Eastern Subdivision | By 14 October 1961 (the issue date), the paper reported: A 19-year-old Cyrville youth's car hit a C.N.R. freight train at "a Russell Road crossing three miles west of Carlsbad Springs" and "knocked 11 cars off the rails" (nine empty tankers, a freight car and the caboose); the main transcontinental line was blocked for hours and the Continental delayed 9 1/2 hours, workmen clearing it about 8.30 a.m. "Several sections of track were torn up by the impact." The injured driver needed 30 stitches. | Ottawa Journal 1961-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1961-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |