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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #662 | Sold as GTP 43 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #663 | Sold as GTP 44 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #667 | Sold as GTP 45 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #668 | Sold as GTP 46 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #669 | Sold as GTP 47 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #670 | Sold as GTP 48 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-3 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #671 | Sold as GTP 49 | Railroad History #147 |
| 1914-5 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #1 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1915-01 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Renumbered GTR 949 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1915-01-14 | Maxville | The winter sitting of the high court before Justice Lennox was concluded by an action brought by John A. Hamel of Cornwall against the Grand Trunk Railway for injuries sustained while assisting in loading cattle at Maxville in October. An engine shunted against a car in which he was working, instead of on another track, causing serious injury to Hamel. A verdict was returned against the railway company and damages assessed at $1,000. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1915-01-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1915-01-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1915-02-03 | Ottawa Central Station | The report is still persistent that the C.P.R. is endeavouring to obtain further accommodation at the Central Station and use it as a terminal for several of the trains now running from the Union Station. C.P.R. officials in Ottawa declared they knew nothing of such a project. One railway man stated that while the C.P.R. would probably be glad to obtain facilities for more trains at the Central Station, it would hardly be possible, as the accommodation was already taxed almost to capacity with all the G.T.R., C.N.R., O. and N.Y., and eight C.P.R. trains daily. | Ottawa Journal 1915-02-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-02-06 | Coteau Junction | A Brockville Grand Trunk Railway brakeman named W. Saundercook met his death on the line at Coteau. The train upon which he was working was pulling away freight from the junction when Saundercook was missed, and a search revealed his mangled remains alongside the track. The supposition is that he slipped and fell from the top of a car. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-02-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-04-05 | Ottawa Central Station | In spite of denials made at the head railway offices in Montreal of rumors that the C.P.R. is going to abandon the Broad Street Station and run all its trains to and from the Central Station, negotiations between the two companies were reliably reported to be nearing completion, with an arrangement possibly reached within a couple of weeks. The plans provided for abandoning the Broad Street Station entirely for passenger traffic, tearing down its buildings and using the yards for freight only; the C.P.R. would instead build new freight yards on land it had bought on Nicholas street, at a cost of $100,000. The trans-continental trains would back out of the Central Station and use the Parry Sound branch of the G.T.R. for a short distance to connect with the C.P.R. main line west of the city; the Gatineau trains would run in over the Alexandra Bridge, and the Prescott trains would run into the Central Station by way of Chaudiere Junction. | Ottawa Journal 1915-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-04-09 | Killaloe | Major fire in village. Started in Stack's harness shop, spread to house of Thos. Cybulski, barber shop of Tony Cybulski, Hazelton and Boland's general store and J.Palbeskie's general store. | leader |
| 1915-04-22 | Eganville Depot | As Mr. J.P. Smith, agent at the Grand Trunk Railway station at Eganville, sat in his office about eight o'clock in the evening, he heard a crackling sound from the adjoining freight shed and found flames sweeping through it. His wife was on the station platform; their invalid son was upstairs. Smith hurried up to get the boy and got him to safety; a few minutes later the shed and station buildings, built of wood, were a mass of flames. All the freight in the shed was destroyed, as was $50 in cash in the till, the company's papers, and the Smiths' furniture. The loss totalled about $6,000, covered by insurance; the cause was not known, though a carelessly-thrown cigarette stub was suspected. | Ottawa Citizen 1915-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1915-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1915-04-30 | Eganville | GTR station and freight shed burned. Perhaps started by cigar or cigarette butt thrown under platform? Agent Smith and family escaped. Passenger car on siding serving as station. | leader |
| 1915-07-14 | Alexandria Depot | The Grand Trunk station and restaurant at Alexandria, thirty-year-old structures as dry as tinder, were destroyed by fire this afternoon; by the time the brigade reached the scene the fire was already beyond control. The spread of the blaze was prevented, saving the freight shed and a number of adjoining factories and granaries, though the buildings destroyed were only ten feet apart from those saved. It is believed the fire was caused by sparks from a shunting engine. The contents of the buildings were practically all saved. | Montreal Gazette 1915-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1915-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1915-08-27 | Alexandria | W. McFarland, a brakeman of Montreal on the Grand Trunk special bringing the annual load of excursionists from Montreal to Ottawa, fell off his train one mile west of Alexandria and was killed. When the train reached Greenfield, the first station west of Alexandria, he was missed and a wire was sent to Ottawa, which was transmitted back to a second train asking that a lookout be kept for him. His body was found lying beside the track. There were no marks indicating whether he had killed himself in the fall or not. | Morrisburg Leader 1915-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-10-06 | Eganville Depot | Since the Eganville G.T.R. station was burned the company has substituted a second class coach for a waiting room. One individual remained inside until he missed his train, waiting for the coach to pull out. | Renfrew Mercury 1915-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-10-29 | Vankleek Hill | The old Canada Atlantic Railway Stations will soon be out of sight. Several of them have been destroyed by fire in the past few years. Unless the one in Vankleek Hill burns pretty soon it will fall down. It is a disgrace to the Grand Trunk Railway Company. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-11-01 | Hammond | The Grand Trunk Railway company is the defendant in an action, the trial of which started in the high court, brought by Oliver Harvey and seven other residents of Hammond claiming damages from the railway company for the destruction of buildings by a fire which occurred on June 13, 1914, and for which they allege the Grand Trunk was responsible. Witnesses testified the fire started in the roof of the company's station and was observed almost immediately after a train had passed; the plaintiffs' theory was that sparks from the engine ignited the station and spread to the other buildings, with Mr. Heney's loss considerable and the others' much smaller. The defense was that the fire started from other causes. G.F. Henderson K.C. and A. Greeve acted for the plaintiffs, the company being represented by W.E. Foster K.C., the Grand Trunk solicitor of Montreal, and W.N. Tilley K.C. of Toronto. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915? | Eganville | Jack Redmond's father, a section foreman, "was killed when he and two other men were riding a handcar about a mile west of Eganville. They met a train and tried to get the car off the track. The other two jumped clear. Jack was only eight years old". | Ottawa Citizen 1970-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-03-21 | Hawkesbury | Mr. Stanley Robertson, a brakeman on the G.T.R. and a brother of Mr. James Robertson, formerly a G.T.R. agent here, was killed instantly at Hawkesbury when he was standing on the rear of the engine while it was shunting in the yards. He was out over the edge and was crushed between two cars; his chest was crushed in and nearly all his ribs were broken. Death resulted at once. His home was in Glen Robertson. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-06-02 | Barrys Bay | Michael Conlon sells livery business to Mark L. Billings | leader |
| 1916-08-18 | Alexandria Depot | That Alexandria is to have a new G.T.R. station in the near future is evident from the fact that during the past week the grounds have been cleared and the station cars removed so as to enable the contractor, Mr. Carrigan of Montreal, to commence operations with least possible delay. | Glengarry News 1916-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-08-25 | Rockland | A search for train wreckers, after the six o'clock passenger train had come to a stop within a few feet of obstructions placed across the rails of the Grand Trunk Railway within a short distance of town, resulted in the arrest of five young boys who wanted to see a train wreck, and to satisfy their wishes, placed a tie across the rails and then hid themselves behind the hill to watch the smash up. Engineer H. McCulloch saw the obstruction in time and stopped his train within a few feet of the tie, near the roundhouse and only a few hundred yards from the station. Detectives aboard the train found the five boys crouching behind the hill; one confessed that they had committed the deed and said he would 'do it again' as he wanted to see a wreck. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-09-29 | Alexandria Depot | Work on the erection of the new Alexandria station is well under way, occupying the old site with considerable extension, more spacious and modern in every respect. The materials will be principally red pressed brick in Flemish bond for the upper structure and cement work in the basement, with hardwood lining to the interior; the platform on the track side, 420 feet long and 16 feet wide, will be composed of medal paving blocks between concrete curbs. The station will consist of baggage and express rooms at the east end over a basement of reinforced concrete, heated by a hot water boiler and furnace on the Taylor Forbes system, two waiting rooms with separate lavatories and tiled floors, and an operator's room with an upper storey and gable roof near the centre of the building. The whole building covers a frontage of 96 feet with an average width of 20 feet, the centre part one and a half storeys and the wings 14 feet high from the bottom of the cornice, with an asbestos-shingle roof intended to be fireproof, as indeed the entire station is meant to be. The work is scheduled for completion by December 1st, with the contractor employing local labor where possible. | Glengarry News 1916-09-29(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...) |
| 1917 | Canoe Lake | Tom Thomson died. | Shaw |
| 1917 | Joe Lake | Molly and Edwin Colson purchase Hotel Algonquin. | Wright p1 |
| 1917-01-16 | Coteau Junction | A fatal accident occurred at Coteau, resulting in the death of Alexander Lauzon. The young man was boarding the Toronto train and slipped under the platform and was dragged 175 feet. He had his scalp taken off, arm bruised, and suffered other severe injuries from which he died that evening, never regaining consciousness. Deceased, 21 years of age, was a son of the late Alexander Lauzon of Coteau Junction. The remains were taken to Williamstown and interred beside those of his father. | Eastern Ontario Review 1917-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-02-09 | Alexandria Depot | The new Grand Trunk Station at Alexandria has been completed and the local staff expect to enter into possession early next week. The travelling public will be well satisfied with this change, as the cramped accommodation of a passenger coach has afforded very little comfort, especially during the winter months. | Glengarry News 1917-02-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-03-09 | Alexandria Depot | Mr. G.W. Shepherd, G.T.R. Agent, and his staff of assistants took possession of the new station, and the change of quarters is much appreciated by the employees and public generally. | Glengarry News 1917-03-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-06-22 | Eganville | GTR starts construction of new station and separate agent's residence. | leader |
| 1917-06-22 | Eganville Depot | The G.T. Railway Co. has begun the erection of a new station at Eganville, to replace the one destroyed by fire two years ago. Considerable of the needed material is now on the ground and carpenters have arrived to begin work. The station and freight shed will be of a modern and somewhat pretentious character, measuring 108 by 33 feet. A separate residence for the agent will be erected at an estimated cost of $4,000. | Eganville Leader 1917-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-08 | Morley Donaldson | Donaldson resigned the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Winnipeg, in August 1917, on account of ill health. | CRSW 1918-09 p393(Canadiana.ca - https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x34mk6...) |
| 1917-09-10 | Vars | The Montreal-Ottawa express, due at Vars at 10:40 p.m. and on time, crashed into a Dodge automobile at the Main street crossing, instantly killing Rev. Dr. John Mavety of Ottawa West Methodist Church, Mrs. John Orr, Mrs. J.O. Hodgson and Miss Florence Orr, all of Carlsbad Springs; Mr. John Orr died shortly after at St. Luke's hospital in Ottawa. The party had been driven from an anniversary service at the Vars Methodist Church toward Carlsbad Springs when the car attempted the crossing at a moderate speed and was struck broadside. Freight cars on a siding obstructed the crossing's view, and the automobile's own headlight beams, joined with the train's searchlight, brilliantly illuminated the crossing in a way that apparently masked the train's approach. Engineer F. Ferguson reported he had sounded the whistle a mile from Vars and at each crossing, and did not see the car's lights until the engine was practically on the crossing, when he applied the emergency brake; G.T.R. officials called the crossing a known dangerous one, with the line of sight obstructed by buildings and no gates or alarm gong installed. | Ottawa Journal 1917-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1917-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1917-09-15 | Vars | The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the death of Rev. Dr. John Mavety and four friends at the Vars crossing was accidental, finding the crossing dangerous and recommending it be protected because the east view was obstructed by box cars usually or often placed on the siding close to the crossing. Engineer Fred Ferguson and Fireman Charles Gorr swore the whistle had been sounded and the bell ringing before the crossing; other witnesses said they heard no warning but would not swear none was given. Ferguson testified the train was travelling 45 miles an hour, two minutes late, and that he had sounded the whistle at each of the three Vars crossings within a mile; he saw a horse clear the tracks, then a flash of light he took for an approaching automobile, and applied the brakes too late. The verdict exonerated G.T.R. employees of blame. | Ottawa Journal 1917-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-10-25 | South March | Spreading rails, it is said, was the cause of a wreck on the G.T.R. line between South March and Renfrew, when seven freight cars were derailed a short distance past South March station about three o'clock in the morning. No one was hurt, although several lengths of track were torn up and service on the line was tied up for several hours. According to C.W. Asmussen, of Asmussen's Chemical Laboratory, who arrived at the scene before the track was cleared and took snapshots, the spikes holding the rails to the ties were loose on that portion of track, which he believes caused the rails to spread. | Ottawa Journal 1917-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-4 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #618 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1918 | Eganville | New station constructed. | Fleming Eganville and District Old Home Week Souvenir. Aug 1-6, 1948 |
| 1918-02-01 | Killaloe | Paul B. Mask sells sash and door factory to Messrs O'Reilly and Mask. | leader |
| 1918-02-05 | Vankleek Hill | On account of the very severe weather, trains on the G.T.R. branch were cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday. | Eastern Ontario Review 1918-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-04-19 | Vars | Actions against the Grand Trunk Railway Company for the killing of Rev. J.E. Mavety and four other persons at Vars on September 10, 1917, were settled between the parties, damages being adjudged in Cornwall. | Morrisburg Leader 1918-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-05 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Steel underframe | Lepkey p301 |
| 1918-05-08 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The derailment of a couple of freight cars at St. Polycarpe Junction caused a tie-up in traffic on the G.T.R. line, and the Ottawa-bound passenger train from Montreal was held up for over two hours, not arriving until after 2 o'clock. So far as could be learned, no one was injured in the derailment. | Ottawa Journal 1918-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-05-11 | South Indian | Following closely upon a derailment of several freight cars at Alexandria early in the week, the G.T.R. Montreal line was the scene of another mishap on Saturday afternoon, when twelve cars loaded with wheat were derailed near South Indian. No one was injured, but the cars were badly broken up; passengers on the afternoon train from Alexandria to Montreal were compelled to walk from where it was held up to another train on the other side of the derailment, and traffic was held up for some time. Grand Trunk officials scouted the rumor that the two derailments in quick succession were due to the work of enemy agents, attributing them instead to natural causes, with a broken axle assigned as the cause of this one; no investigation beyond the customary one was reported. | Ottawa Journal 1918-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-07-16 | Vankleek Hill | Two G.T.R. detectives were here looking for the parties who placed rocks on the tracks near the station. They have secured the names of several boys who have been on the track, and as this offence is a very serious one these boys may be arrested any day. | Eastern Ontario Review 1918-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-08-15 | Ottawa Freight Sheds | Fire broke out at the G.T.R. freight sheds near the Central Station, starting with an explosion in a freight car, and completely destroyed the sheds along with 28 cars, 20 of them loaded, in under forty minutes. The loss was estimated at $90,000 to $100,000, practically all covered by insurance, made up of 28 cars burned ($18,200), contents of twenty cars ($20,000), the frame freight sheds, 800 by 40 feet ($15,000), contents of the sheds ($35,000) and sundry other losses (about $10,000). Three men were injured in the explosions: caretaker Andrew Doherty, badly burned around the face and hands; porter Felix Bellefeuille, cut and burned on the face; and porter Albert Renaud, slightly burned. About forty other cars on nearby sidings, including the Governor General's private car, were pulled to safety. The Governor General's car was one of those pulled to safety; the fire, fought by multiple fire stations with high water pressure, also damaged a nearby residence but was kept from spreading to adjacent coal sheds and houses. | Ottawa Citizen 1918-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-08-27 | Morley Donaldson | Morley Donaldson died at his home in Ottawa on 27 August 1918. He was a Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada (M.E.I.C.). | CRSW 1918-09 p393(Canadiana.ca - https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x34mk6...) |
| 1918-10 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Renamed "Quinte" | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-06-18 | Dalkeith | A serious accident happened at the crossing of the G.T.R. tracks on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Gruer, liveryman, was taking Mr. P. McMaster and Mr. T.N. Barton out to Dalkeith to buy horses; they were chatting and did not notice a through freight coming. The engine struck the car right in the centre. Mr. McMaster jumped and was uninjured; Mr. Gruer was badly cut about the head, face, arms and legs, and Mr. Barton had an arm broken. The car was completely wrecked. The injured men were taken to hospital and are doing well. | Eastern Ontario Review 1919-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1919-07 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 32 | Renumbered CN GTR 92140 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-07-30 | Casselman | Big fire in Casselman. About 4 p.m., Mr. Damase Racine, member of the Legislative Assembly for the county of Russell, phoned for assistance to Ottawa, and an engine and equipment from No. 4 fire station arrived on a Grand Trunk special at 5:20 p.m. The engine and crew did marvellous work and credit is due them for practically saving the town from being completely destroyed. | Eastern Ontario Review 1919-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1919-08 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | RUF | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-08 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | RUF | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-09 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Renumbered GTR 92146 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-09-03 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 38 | Destroyed at Toronto, Ont. | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 12 | RUF | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 14 | RUF | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-11 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 13 | RUF | Lepkey p301 |
| 1919-3 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #619 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1919-3 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-2 #620 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1919-6 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #652 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1919-6 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #661 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1920-03-24 | Ottawa Central Station | Changes costing some $60,000 are underway at the Central station: the train shed does not currently cover track No. 1, beside the Rideau Canal, and is being extended to the edge of the canal to cover it. This is the track used by through trains west and east, and when the changes are complete passengers can embark and disembark in comfort. The steel work is being done by the Dominion Bridge Co., starting about April 15th, with the entire work expected finished about June 15th, under the supervision of Mr. G.C. McCue, superintendent of bridges and buildings. As track No. 2 is immediately beside track No. 1, no trains will be allowed on Track 2 while a train is loading or unloading passengers on Track 1. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-04-09 | Ottawa Central Station | Jack Creighton, of Galetta, and Pete Quesnel, of Casselman, employed by the G.T.R. in the work of enlarging the train sheds at the Central Station terminal, were both seriously injured when a scaffold on which they were standing gave way and precipitated them to the ground. Quesnel fell on a pile of loosened boulders lying immediately below the scaffold and received painful injuries to his jaw and head as well as bruises about the body, while Creighton sustained a fractured hip. Both men were removed to St. Luke's hospital. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-04-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-05-08 | Ottawa | While playing about the G.T.R. tracks crossing Le Breton street Saturday afternoon, little Solomon Viner, five years old, was hit by the 6:30 train from Pembroke and, as a result of his injuries, died one hour later at St. Luke's Hospital. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-05-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-05-17 | Ottawa Central Station | The steel work of the extension of the Central station train shed, which is being widened westward to the edge of the Rideau canal, has been completed, and today the work of the concrete men will start. The shed will not be completed for another month. When finished, passengers who formerly had to alight in the open, unless the train were run past the sheds and backed in, may now alight in the building the same as local trains. The improvement has cost a great many thousand dollars, but in added comfort and safety, railway officials state, will well warrant the extra expenditure. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-05-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-05-18 | Ottawa | After listening to the greatest mass of contradictory evidence ever taken at an inquest in Ottawa, the coroner's jury investigating the death of Solomon Viner, five years old, returned a verdict of accidental death, finding that he was struck by G.T.R. train number 52 at the Le Breton street crossing on May 8, 1920. The most conflicting evidence concerned whether the electric signal bell at the crossing had rung as a warning; the train crew swore it had, and that they heard it ringing after the train stopped, while several residents of the vicinity swore it had not, one stating he had nearly been run over himself at the same place in mid-March under the same circumstances. The hearing had to be extended over two nights to hear all the witnesses. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-06-20 | Car Shops | The Ottawa car shops of the Canada Atlantic are building twenty-five platform cars for the St. Anthony Lumber Co. of Whitney. A fifteen mile branch line is also being constructed from Whitney to the Opeongo lakes for the purpose of bringing out logs for the lumber company. | Eganville Leader 1920-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-07-27 | Maxville | Thomas Blaney, a prosperous farmer living near Maxville, was instantly killed and his son William, aged 14, died in St. Luke's hospital shortly after midnight, when a motor car in which they were driving with Mrs. Margaret Blaney, another son and a nephew was struck by the Montreal-Ottawa express two miles east of Maxville at Donald Allan Cameron's crossing at eight o'clock in the evening. The other three occupants were seriously injured but expected to recover. Dr. W.B. McDiarmid of Maxville, called to the scene, described Cameron's crossing as one of the worst in the country, with a stone fence on one side and the tracks hidden from approaching traffic by large trees. An eyewitness, Mr. J.A. McLeod of Maxville, said the engine struck the automobile a tremendous blow, throwing two of the boys fifty feet; the car was turned completely around and left a total wreck. A passenger on the train, Harry Conley, said he felt the engineer apply the brakes and heard shrill whistle blasts before the tender struck the rear of the auto; Conley believed Blaney had been trying to beat the train across the crossing, remarking afterward, 'another yard and he would have made it.' | Ottawa Citizen 1920-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1920-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1920-08-17 | Maxville | The inquest jury investigating the death of William Blaney, who died in an Ottawa hospital from injuries received when the auto in which he was driving was hit by G.T.R. Montreal-Ottawa train number 1 on July 27, returned a verdict that he died as a result of several fractures and shock caused by the collision, at Cameron's crossing in the county of Glengarry, a mile and a half from Maxville, at the intersection of the G.T.R. right of way and the public highway. The jury made no additional comment on the crossing itself, having already condemned it as very dangerous at the inquest into Thomas Blaney's death on August 11. The jury was out about ten minutes. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-09-28 | Kinburn | The Ottawa-Pembroke G.T.R. local collided with a buggy at Kinburn, injuring Mrs. Walter Acres and her four-year-old son Howard, whose escape from death seemed miraculous; the horse was instantly killed and the buggy completely wrecked. Mrs. Acres suffered a fractured hip and internal injuries, and the boy severe injuries to his head; both suffered greatly from shock. Mrs. Acres, driving up to the village to shop, apparently did not see the train until it was almost upon her and attempted to cross ahead of it; the crossing was not considered dangerous, having clear vision on both sides. The accident occurred about 9:40 a.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-09-29 | Ottawa Central Station | The C.P.R. train from Vancouver to Montreal, pulling out of Ottawa's Union Station at 7 o'clock, was held up for about 45 minutes when the two end cars jumped the rails immediately under the Laurier Avenue bridge and travelled in that manner for about fifty feet before the train could be stopped. The train had not yet gathered speed; Engineer Geo. Gorman applied the brakes as soon as he saw the situation, and no damage occurred. Passengers, including women and children, were transferred to the other coaches before the train proceeded. The cause was not yet discovered, investigation being made more difficult since the derailment occurred immediately where the C.P.R. and the G.T.R. change ownership of the track. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-12-31 | Grand Trunk Railway | Such is the volume of freight traffic on the main line of the G.T.R. at present, phenomenal for this season, that the motive power department is very busy keeping engines in trim for service. Practically all engineers and firemen in the employ of the road are now in regular service. | Eastern Ontario Review 1920-12-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-6 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #683 | Sold to Nosbonsing & Nipissing | Railroad History #147 |
| 1921-01-18≥ | Bank Street | By 18 January 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mr. Albert H. Harvey, "a man about 60 years old, was killed shortly before noon today by the incoming Pembroke train near Rochester street crossing of the Grand Trunk railway." Harvey "was very deaf, and was walking on the track. He apparently did not hear the whistle or the electric bell at the crossing". An inquest was called for that night. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-01-26≥ | Bank Street | By 26 January 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The G. T. Railway Company and train crew in charge of the train that killed the late A. H. Harvey on Jan. 18th at the Rochester street crossing, Ottawa, were absolved from blame at the inquest held last night at the police station by Coroner J. E. Craig." The verdict was that Harvey came to his death "due to him being struck by G. T. Railway train No. 58 at the Rochester street crossing, which was accidental. In all probability the fatality was due to the fact that the deceased was deaf." | Ottawa Citizen 1921-01-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-02-11 | Coteau Junction | "Ice on the St. Lawrence for use on the Grand Trunk at Coteau Junction is now being harvested at Valleyfield, Que., and being stored at Coteau." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-04-25≥ | Casselman | By 25 April 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Noel la Plante, an old resident of Casselman, was "instantly killed by a G.T.R. train near Casselman station yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock." The Eastern Ontario Review later reported that Noel Leplante, aged 75, was "struck down on Sunday afternoon by the G.T.R. Ottawa-Montreal express" while crossing "at a private crossing near the station", and that the inquest returned a verdict of accidental death with no blame against anyone. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-04-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1921-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-05-13≥ | Ottawa Central Station | By 13 May 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mr. H. W. Lennox, manager of the Dominion Express Company in Ottawa, "has introduced at the Central Station a gasoline truck for removing express matter from the trains. The company has purchased a new Edison three wheeled tractor with a capacity for twenty tons, and already this tractor has proven that it can do the work of a large number of men. The tractor was used yesterday for the first time." | Ottawa Citizen 1921-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-06-20≥ | Glen Robertson | By 20 June 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Miss Phoebe Villeneuve of Montreal "was instantly killed, when their buggy was struck by a G.T.R. Montreal-Ottawa train on Saturday morning", about a mile east of Glen Robertson; her nephew Eugene Villeneuve, who was driving with her, was hurt and taken to St. Luke's hospital, Ottawa. The Journal and the Citizen both report it on 20 June; the Review says it happened "Monday" and gives the train as G.T.R. train No. 2. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1921-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1921-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-06-24≤ | Hawkesbury Depot | From 24 June 1921 (the issue date), the paper announced: "The Government intends to shortly close the local station of the G.T.R. and use the C.N.R. station. Mr. E.C. Higginson has been appointed town ticket agent for the two companies, Mr. McCrea's office is to be closed." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-08-31≥ | Eastmans | By 31 August 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Three Grand Trunk trainmen, brakeman Edward Carroll, fireman F. J. Brisbois and engineer F. W. Cleveland, "were arrested yesterday shortly before noon... with having broken into and stolen from a freight car at Carlsbad Springs on Wednesday last." The train had left Coteau Jct. for Ottawa; goods of about $300 were taken, most of them recovered. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-09-20≥ | Bank Street | By 20 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: The proposed level crossing of the Ottawa Improvement Driveway, later FDC Drive, now Island Park Drive, "at the GTR/CNR was opposed by the Grand Trunk Railway (formerly CAR). (CP opposed the same crossing, both railways wanting an overpass). This is the site of the current overpass on the Queensway at Island Park Drive." | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1921.pdf(Churcher's own summary, filed under the Ottawa Jou...) |
| 1921-09-23≥ | Hawkesbury Depot | By 23 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "An important event in town this week was the closing of the Grand Trunk station. Beginning on Thursday morning the Grand Trunk trains arriving or starting from Hawkesbury left at the CNR station. The schedule is not altered in any way." The G.T.R. staff was to be placed on the reserve list, and "it is also likely that the services of the watchman at the Main Street crossing will now be dispensed with." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-09-23(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...) |
| 1921-09-30≥ | Hawkesbury Depot | By 30 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The personnel of the G.T.R. station and freight office have mostly all been transferred to the C.N.R. station. Mr. Onesime Bertrand was moved to Davenport for a couple of months, while Mr. Partridge is not yet placed." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-10-22 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Destroyed, Ste. Anne, PQ | Lepkey p301 |
| 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...) |
| 1921-11-15 | Bank Street | The application of the Ottawa Commercial Travelers Association for an order directing the Grand Trunk Railway "to stop two trains from the West, numbers 58 and 52, at the Bank Street yard office to allow passengers to alight, was heard before the railway commission this forenoon. The hearing was practically concluded. The board adjourned the case for one month to allow the Grand Trunk to make a check during that period of the number of passengers who would stop off at the point mentioned." The Grand Trunk opposed it; the Citizen describes the application as one for the Grand Trunk to stop incoming trains on the Parry Sound and Pembroke divisions at the Bank Street yard. | Ottawa Journal 1921-11-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1921-11-15(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...) |
| 1921-11-25≥ | Hawkesbury | By 25 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Since Monday our town has only one mail a day, at 8 p.m. owing to the change of service on the G.T.R. Branch line. This new arrangement is extremely unsatisfactory, and on Tuesday night our Board of Trade met and authorized the president to communicate by phone at once with the Postmaster General and endeavor to obtain relief by having mails come by C.N.R. both from Montreal and Ottawa." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-12-03≥ | Bank Street | By 3 December 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Board of Railway Commissioners approves level crossing of Grand Trunk and the Driveway, but there must be wigwags on both sides of the tracks." | Ottawa Journal 1921-12-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-12-09≥ | Rockland Depot | By 9 December 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The old Grand Trunk railway station in Rockland is to be closed, according to a judgment of the Board of Railway Commissioners. This step is one of the results of the consolidation of the G.T.R, and the C.N.R, both maintaining separate stations in Rockland at present." The municipality had objected because a grist and flour mill was close to it; the board granted the application on condition that the company keep the Grand Trunk tracks between the "Y" switch and the Grand Trunk station open as an industrial siding. | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-12-27 | Eganville | Roderick Milroy, a farmer of Sebastopol, "was instantly killed by a G.T.R. freight train at Perrault's crossing about a mile west of Eganville, on December 27." | Eastern Ontario Review 1922-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-2 | Rockland | Operation discontinued into Rockland Station | CNR Limoges map |
| 1922-01-26≥ | Bank Street | By 26 January 1922 (the issue date), the paper reported: The Board of Railway Commissioners refused the application for the Grand Trunk's through trains to stop at the Bank Street yard office: "There will be no railway station ion Bank street at the G. T. Ry. crossing near the subway." Chief Commissioner Carvell's judgment said the company had taken a census of the traffic for a month (16 November to 15 December) and that "the Central Station, which now accommodates all passenger trains, is centrally located, and I think it would be a great mistake to establish stations elsewhere in the city". Train 58 carried 147 commercial travellers' tickets, 1,044 other paying tickets and 51 passes; train 52 carried 252, 940 and 173. | Ottawa Citizen 1922-01-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |