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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924-08-29 | Caldwell | Station burned. | leader |
| 1924-08-29≥ | Caldwell Depot | By 29 August 1924 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The C.N.R. station at Caldwell, eight miles east of Eganville, was burned yesterday afternoon... The fire started on the station platform, but had gained considerable headway before being discovered." Most of the contents were saved. | Eganville Leader 1924-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1924-08-29≥ | Caldwell Freight Shed | By 29 August 1924 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The C.N.R. station at Caldwell, eight miles east of Eganville, was burned yesterday afternoon, together with the freight shed. Most of the contents were saved." | Eganville Leader 1924-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1924-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Renumbered CN 8207 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-09 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 8 | Renumbered CN 8207 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Renumbered CN 3269 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | Renumbered CN 7765 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | Renumbered CN 7767 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-11 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #611 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1924-12 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #610 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1924-12 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Renumbered CN 73 (i); PV-61-B | Lepkey p301 |
| 1924-2 | Canada Atlantic 0-4-0 #5 | Sold to Continental Wood Products | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925 | Joe Lake | Jameson's lumber mill constructed. | Wright p6 |
| 1925-02-16 | Maxville | The inquest into the death of Louise Audrey Allen, three-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Allen of L'Orignal, "who died from injuries received on November 1, [sic] when the auto in which she and six others were riding crashed into a C.N.R. train at Maxwell's crossing, was finally closed last night after three previous adjournments." The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, "but attributed the cause of the fatal accident to the lack of precaution taken by the child's father, who drove the car." | Ottawa Journal 1925-02-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-04 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Renumbered CN 3266 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1925-05-08 | Renfrew | Jamieson Lime Kiln and quarry closes. Lay between Queen and Hart streets. In operation for over 30 years. | leader |
| 1925-07-08≥ | Bank Street | By 8 July 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: "In a collision with a C.N.R. freight train at the Young street crossing yesterday afternoon two occupants of an auto... narrowly escaped serious injury." The crossing is "close to Preston street"; "There are no gates at the crossing as traffic is not heavy at this point." | Ottawa Citizen 1925-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-08-03≥ | Eastmans | By 3 August 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Traffic on the Canadian National line from Ottawa to Montreal, by way of Coteau, was paralyzed for some hours Sunday morning when a freight train was derailed near Carlsbad Springs, 13 miles from Ottawa. No one was injured, but it tied up traffic for several hours". The morning trains from Montreal and Ottawa could not pass and passengers were transferred. | Ottawa Journal 1925-08-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-09-21≥ | Alexandria | By 21 September 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: The C.N.R.'s new "Oil Electric Articulated Car" made a run from Montreal to Ottawa on Saturday afternoon "in two hours and 55 minutes, which includes three stops en route, one at Alexandria, where about 150 curious people gathered to give it the once over, and at Coteau where photos were taken." | Ottawa Citizen 1925-09-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-10 | Canada Atlantic Comabination Car 4 | Renumbered CN 7068 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1925-10 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 34 | Renumbered CN 6144 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1925-11 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #624 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-11 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #627 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-11 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 200 | Renumbered CN 847 Opeongo | Lepkey p301 |
| 1925-11-02≥ | Maxville | By 2 November 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: A Ford sedan carrying seven people from Cassburn was struck by the C.N.R. Montreal-Ottawa train at the crossing just east of Maxville station; the car caught fire and its occupants were taken on the train to Ottawa. The Journal says the crossing on Main Street "is protected by an electric bell which was ringing", the train was No. 47 and its speed 15 miles per hour, and that the train "was slowing for the station about 100 yards farther on". | Ottawa Journal 1925-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1925-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-11-03 | Maxville | "One death has resulted from the automobile accident at Maxwell, on Sunday morning, when a Ford sedan in which seven people were riding, was struck by the C.N.R. train from Montreal... Baby Louise Allen, three months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Allen, of Cassburn, Ont., died at the Civic Hospital this morning as the result of injuries she received." | Ottawa Citizen 1925-11-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-11-18≥ | Carp | By 18 November 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Quick action on the part of Mr. Ephraim Scharfe, of Carp, probably saved him from serious injury when the automobile in which he was driving was struck by a C.N.R. freight train at a railway crossing at Carp on Tuesday afternoon. The train was backing from a siding to the main line..." | Ottawa Citizen 1925-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1925-12 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #665 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-12 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #681 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-6 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #608 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-6 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #609 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-6 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #622 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-6 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #653 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 0-6-0 #2 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #621 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #623 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #625 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #626 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-7 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #664 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-8 | Canada Atlantic 0-4-0 #3 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-8 | Canada Atlantic 0-4-0 #4 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-8 | Canada Atlantic 4-4-0 #628 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1925-9 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #682 | Sold to JRBooth | Railroad History #147 |
| 1926 | Canada Atlantic Coach 5 | Scrapped at Montreal, PQ | Lepkey p301 |
| 1926 | Joe Lake | Jameson's lumber mill destroyed by fire. Only the house/office remains. | Wright pvii |
| 1926-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Renumbered CN 64777 | Lepkey p301 |
| 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...) |
| 1926-09-01≥ | Rock Lake | By 1 September 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "When the coal tender jumped the tracks a short distance east of Rock Lake, Algonquin Park, yesterday, shortly before noon, the Canadian National passenger train from Scotia to Ottawa was delayed for one hour 20 minutes." The engineer stopped the train; the crew got the tender back on the rails with "frogs" and without a wrecking crew. | Ottawa Journal 1926-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1926-10-28 | Ottawa Central Station | "11 car special CNR train for Queen Marie of Rumania arrives from Toronto and is backed into Union station at 10.30." | Ottawa Journal 1926-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1926-11-25 | Bank Street | "Records of the Board of Railway Commission are being searched today on behalf of the City Engineer's Department to learn if permission has been granted the Canadian National Railways to extend their track facing on Isabella Street... The existing railway siding on Isabella street was laid years ago and apparently without any opposition from the city. The company now proposes to extend it from O'Connor street to Bank, a distance of about 400 feet, crossing no street intersections". | Ottawa Journal 1926-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1926-12-11≥ | Sainte Justine | By 11 December 1926 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The C. N. R. passenger train from Montreal scheduled to arrive in the Capital at 1.12 o'clock this morning, was upwards of two hours late due to the derailment of an extra freight some distance north of Coteau. The trucks of one of the freight cars left the tracks shortly after midnight near St. Justine." | Ottawa Journal 1926-12-11(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 |
| 1927 | South Indian | Western leg of wye to Rockland branch taken up | CNR Limoges map |
| 1927-02-07 | Arnprior | "Arnprior Feb. 7 The Canadian National Pembroke local No. 88, due in Ottawa at 11.35 a.m. was derailed here this morning". No one was injured and the engineer made a quick stop. | Ottawa Citizen 1927-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-02-07≥ | Carp | By 7 February 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mrs. Margaret Hanlon Morrison, aged 67, wife of the Carp station agent, "was instantly killed on Saturday afternoon" when a C.N.R. train struck her as she walked on the track near the station, unable to get clear because of high snow. The Journal gives the time as two o'clock and the train as a through extra from Ottawa, not required to stop at Carp; the Citizen gives about 3.10 p.m. and "a light engine and van travelling from Ottawa to Madawaska", and says the electric bell at the highway crossing was ringing. | Ottawa Journal 1927-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1927-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Morrisburg Leader 1927-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-02-08≥ | Carp | By 8 February 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's jury which last night at Carp investigated the death of Mrs. F.H. Morrison, aged 67, wife of the C.N.R. station agent at Carp... The jury exonerated the train crew of all responsibility in connection with the accident." | Ottawa Journal 1927-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-03-04 | Vars | "The C.N.R. line between Ottawa and Montreal was blocked at Vars this morning, owing to the derailment of a freight train, and the Transcontinental was routed via Hawkesbury to Montreal, after being held in Ottawa for some time." At about 6 a.m. one car of an east-bound freight jumped the tracks and several others were derailed. | Ottawa Journal 1927-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-04-23 | South Indian | "City fathers and members of the Ottawa delegation who left for Montreal to visit the filtration plant there were compelled to switch from the C.N.R. to the C.P.R., owing to a tie-up on the C.N.R. line when two freight cars left the rails just west of South Indian. The accident occurred this morning at 7.35, when a freight train of 45 cars from Montreal was just pulling out of South Indian... two cars went off the track when an axle broke." | Ottawa Journal 1927-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-07-09≤ | Repair Shop | From 9 July 1927 (the issue date), the paper announced: "C.N.R. will close down the Ottawa East shops. 61 jobs lost. Goes into effect on Jul 15. Full article. Veterans going to Stratford, Montreal and Brockville." | Ottawa Journal 1927-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-08-01 | Vars | The Montreal-bound C.N.R. passenger train No. 2, which left Ottawa at 5:25, "sideswiped a freight train" at Vars station at about 6 a.m.: the freight, bound for Ottawa, was pulling into the siding with six cars still on the main line, and in heavy fog the passenger engine hit a gondola coal car, climbed it and was derailed. Engineer P. Lalonde and fireman W. Little jumped and were slightly hurt; passengers were not injured; trains were re-routed via Rockland and the line was cleared that afternoon. | Ottawa Journal 1927-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1927-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1927-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-08-10 | Chadiere Junction | Six children, "not one of them over twelve years of age, gave those who saw them a few anxious moments, and themselves a bad fright, when they scrambled down a C.N.R. embankment a few seconds ahead of a fast westbound passenger train about 8.45 o'clock" this morning. They had been walking the tracks near the Holland avenue bridge and ran across it when "the long drawn out whistle of the locomotive sounding for the Bayswater avenue crossing was heard". The paper noted that notices warned trespassers would be prosecuted but many walk the tracks, especially in berry-picking time. | Ottawa Citizen 1927-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-08-27≥ | Vars | By 27 August 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: Helen Leroux, aged 20, "ran in front of a Montreal-Ottawa freight train near Vars station yesterday afternoon" and was gravely injured: a compound fracture of the right leg, a fractured left arm and a deep forehead wound. She was brought on the train to the Bank street yards and taken by ambulance to hospital. | Ottawa Citizen 1927-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-09 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 201 | Leased to GTW, renumbered GTW 848 Papineau | Lepkey p301 |
| 1927-09-08≥ | Bank Street | By 8 September 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: J. A. Bowser "had a narrow escape late yesterday afternoon when he attempted to drive his motor car across the main line level crossing of the C.N.R. on Carling avenue"; the rear of his car was caught by the engine of a freight train. | Ottawa Citizen 1927-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1927-6 | Canada Atlantic 2-6-0 #710 | Scrapped | Railroad History #147 |
| 1928 | Depot Harbor | Roundhouse closed and engine servicing moved to Parry Sound. | Newby 2005-04-26 |
| 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...) |
| 1928-01-12≥ | Vankleek Hill | By 12 January 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: The body of an unidentified woman was found "hit by a train on the Canadian National Railway tracks yesterday evening... about a mile and a half south of the town, near where the Dalkeith road crosses the tracks". The engineer "saw what seemed like a branch across the track" and stopped, but the locomotive and some cars had passed over the body. The coroner held an inquest in Hawkesbury on 30 January. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-01-31≥ | South Indian | By 31 January 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: The special C.N.R. train carrying President W. T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State from Montreal to Ottawa was wrecked "at a point just east of Limoges, formerly South Indian station, at 12.05 noon" the day before, travelling at 55 miles an hour; pilot engineer A. Boyd of Montreal was killed and nine others injured. C.N.R. officials established that two horses drawing a log sleigh had run away from the Limoges loading siding and a runner of the sleigh had forced open the switch point at the east end of the yard; the train went through the switch to the passing track and derailed. The locomotive crashed into boxcars on the siding and demolished a granary, killing three teams of horses. | Reading Eagle 1928-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1928-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-02-07 | Bank Street | "Mr. Romeo J. St. Denis, 425 Clarence street... was critically injured about eleven thirty o'clock this morning when a combined truck and roadster Chevrolet car which he was driving was struck by the incoming C.N.Ry Pembroke train at the Parkdale avenue level crossing." The car was carried several hundred feet along the track; the engineer said the wigwag signal was operating and the bell sounding. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-02-24 | Arnprior | "While proceeding eastward about three miles west of Arnprior five cars of a Canadian National Railway way freight left the rails about five o'clock this afternoon and tied up traffic for some time." Passengers on the Ottawa-Pembroke Local, train No. 87, were delayed about an hour and transferred at the scene to an improvised train. The cause was thought to be a broken arch bar. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-05-14≥ | Ottawa Central Station | By 14 May 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: The Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways "are carrying out improvements" to the Central Station. A reconstruction of the eastern wall of the Rideau canal, part of the station, "has recently been completed by the two railways": a concrete wall 2,900 feet long and 16 1/2 feet high, using about 6,000 cubic yards of concrete, much of it poured in zero weather. The wall from Sparks street to the train shed was raised and the wall of the train shed itself improved, and the main tracks within the station were changed temporarily. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-05-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-06-23≥ | Carp | By 23 June 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Jumping from the C.N.R. Ottawa-Pembroke passenger train before it had come to a stop at Carp station yesterday afternoon, George Martin, relieving section foreman for the C.N.R., fell and suffered a fracture of the right leg above the knee." | Ottawa Citizen 1928-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-08 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | NSC Lot P-5660; PV-64-E | Lepkey p301 |
| 1928-10-19≥ | Maria Street Bridge | By 19 October 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: Sam Gallo, a former employee of the railway, was charged over a large rock wrapped in paper "thrown from the Laurier avenue bridge" on 17 October that "landed near" John J. Burke, a Canadian National switchman operating a switch for outgoing passenger trains; a similar stone had been thrown on 3 October. The C.N. special agent found that "several switches had been opened"; Gallo had a switch key when arrested. The charges included attempted murder. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-10-30≥ | Maria Street Bridge | By 30 October 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: Sam Gallo "was committed for trial by Magistrate William Joynt on a charge of attempted murder. The case arises out of a large pavement block thrown from the Laurier avenue bridge on October 17. The stone landed near John James Burke, a Canadian National Railway switchman who was turning a switch." The stone weighed 8 1/2 pounds. | Ottawa Citizen 1928-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-12-07 | Renfrew | A coroner's jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Louis Blaskovich of Barry's Bay "had come to her death through mischance and through no fault of railway employee" at "the Elisabeth street crossing of the C N. R. in Renfrew on Dec. 5th". She "was struck by a shunting freight train and killed instantly without anyone witnessing the accident." | Ottawa Journal 1928-12-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1928-12-13 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Brd. Armstrong, Ont. | Lepkey p301 |
| 1928-12-24≥ | Arnprior | By 24 December 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: Martin Adam Wagenblass, aged 12, "was instantly killed here on Saturday afternoon" when, delivering groceries by horse and sleigh, he was "struck by the local train as it was nearing the station" at the Hugh Street crossing of the C.N.R.; he was thrown from the sleigh in front of the engine. | Ottawa Journal 1928-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-05 to 1929-06 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 200 | Leased to GTW | Lepkey p301 |
| 1929-06 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car 201 | Returned to CN, renumbered CN 848 Papineau | Lepkey p301 |
| 1929-06-25 | Alexandria Depot | Canadian National train No. 50 from Ottawa to Montreal, carrying about 150 passengers, "ran into an open switch about 500 feet west of the station here this afternoon, it plowed into a string of freight cars placed on the siding and pushed them over the open end of the siding into the station, demolishing the south-west corner." Fireman A. E. Ricketts was the only person injured. A car of wheat for the D. Markson flour mills was telescoped; the station, "solid brick", was damaged in one corner. The main line was not blocked and the passengers reached Montreal 45 minutes late. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1929-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-06-28≥ | Maxville | By 28 June 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: A man who had been at "the Bennett rally at Alexandria" and was bound for Maxville was still asleep on the C.N.R. Montreal-Ottawa train as it left Maxville station; Conductor P. T. McGovern "pulled the emergency cord, and the train glided to a standstill" so that he could be put off. "Well, that's what I call service. We have actually saved him a long walk, for his farmhouse is just across the fields there." | Ottawa Citizen 1929-06-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-07-30≥ | Glasgow | By 30 July 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Traffic on the C.N.R. line between Ottawa and Golden Lake was delayed by the derailment of several cars of a freight train about two miles east of Glasgow station, west of Arnprior, shortly after noon yesterday." The C.N.R. attributed it to a damaged truck; the afternoon passenger train to Ottawa reached the city about an hour late. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-08-21 | Ottawa Central Station | "The biggest engine ever to come in to Ottawa hauled the biggest train ever to come in to Ottawa today when Canadian National engine Number 6153 drew 18 steel coaches and a baggage car into the Union Station." The train brought 2,300 members of the Canadian National Railways Literary and Scientific Institute to the exhibition; 85 extra coaches came into the station that day. The engine was 92 feet long. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-09-04≥ | Ottawa Central Station | By 4 September 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: Twelve-year-old Maurice Boivin, "attempting to dive from the top of the train sheds at the Union Station to the Rideau canal shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon, crashed through a glass skylight, fell 20 feet and landed inside the station on number four track." He had a broken arm and other injuries. | Ottawa Journal 1929-09-04(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...) |
| 1929-11-26 | Maria Street Bridge | "Laurier Avenue bridge will necessarily have to be lengthened when the Canadian National Railways finishes the work of widening its yards, according to opinion expressed in reliable quarters today. The Canadian National at present is cutting away the high embankment on the east side of its yards south of the bridge in order to provide more track space". Canadian National counsel told the Board of Railway Commissioners that the bridge was unsafe and in danger of falling unless repaired; the cost of repairs was to be apportioned between the C.N.R. and the Ottawa Electric. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1929-12 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Bought by CN | Lepkey p301 |
| 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...) |
| 1930-04-03 | Maria Street Bridge | "The O.E.R. is in no way responsible for the condition of the Laurier avenue bridge, the cost of repairing or reconstructing which must therefore be borne by the city, and the Public Works Department." A report by the Inspecting and Testing Company of Montreal, made for the Railway Commission, found that the Ottawa Electric Railway "has in no way disturbed the water proofing of the bridge", and that the concrete roadway the O.E.R. built when it laid its tracks in 1924 was still in good condition. | Ottawa Citizen 1930-04-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1930-04-04≥ | Maria Street Bridge | By 4 April 1930 (the issue date), the paper reported: Bridge engineer Ernest E. Gagnon told the Board of Railway Commissioners' chief engineer that "the east end of the bridge is in a very precarious state and should be rebuilt at once". The bridge "was built in 1900"; the concrete arches were "seriously affected by steam and acids from the heavy exhaust of engines", the reinforcing rods were "very badly eaten away" with their section reduced some 70 per cent, and the bridge had been improperly maintained, especially the painting. Chief engineer T. L. Simmons agreed and recommended that the parties proceed with repairs or reconstruction "forthwith"; he said the O.E.R. was in no way responsible. | Ottawa Citizen 1930-04-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1930-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Renumbered CN 15076, School Car #3(i) for the Ontario Government (Comp. trks) M-1A-57-A | Lepkey p301 |
| 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...) |
| 1930-09-02≥ | Bank Street | By 2 September 1930 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Jumping from their auto when it stalled on the C.N.R. crossing on Parkdale avenue, in front of an oncoming train, on Saturday evening, two Ottawans Wilfred Murray... and Miss Agnes Erwin... both escaped injury. The car, which was struck by the caboose of the train, which was backing up, was thrown clear of the rail and badly damaged." | Ottawa Citizen 1930-09-02(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...) |
| 1930-09-25 | Carp | John James Wilson, "one of the most prominent farmers in the Carp district, was instantly killed this morning at 8:30 o'clock when the auto in which he was riding alone was struck by the Canadian National Railway Ottawa-Scotia passenger train at a level crossing on the line between Fitzroy and Huntley townships." Two witnesses from Kinburn said they heard the train and its bell. The Carp Review places the crossing "near the cheese factory on the town line between Huntley and Fitzroy". | Ottawa Citizen 1930-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Carp Review 1930-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1930-10-11 | Maria Street Bridge | Mrs. Charles H. Thorburn is quoted that the Maria Street Bridge of 1889 was "a wooden, circular bridge with high arches on either side" and that an elephant refused to cross it, hastening the new steel bridge. The Citizen of 20 April 1901 is quoted: the new bridge was built "without a straight grade, in a parabolic curve", with 400 tons of steel, 24 columns, abutments by John Burns and steel work by the Dominion Bridge Co.; "The new bridge was opened on July 4th, 1901"; "Upon completion the bridge was renamed Laurier, after the Prime Minister at that time." | Ottawa Citizen 1930-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |