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 passenger cars.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877-07 | Canada Atlantic Coach 5 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1883-08-28 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two magnificent first class cars had been added to the Canada Atlantic Railway's rolling stock. | Ottawa Free Press 1883-08-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-01-08 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway Company will shortly turn out a new composite car to be run on the train between the Chaudiere Falls station and Elgin street. It will be one of the finest cars in the country. | Ottawa Free Press 1884-01-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1884-07-15 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Parlour cars, Canada Atlantic Ry. These popular cars are now running on the trains between Ottawa and Montreal after having been renovated, re-upholstered and otherwise renewed in first class style affording to the travelling public the comforts of the drawing room. | Ottawa Citizen 1884-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1887-05-28 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic railway company will add to their rolling stock some magnificent new passenger coaches which will arrive on the 29th inst. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-05-28(No numbers or names given, so filed against the un...) |
| 1887-06 | Canada Atlantic Coach 1 | listed as coach in ORER | ORER 1887-06 |
| 1887-06 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1887-06. |
| 1887-06 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 3 | listed in ORER | ORER 1887-06 |
| 1887-06-04 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railroad company have ordered two fine first class passenger coaches from the Pullman Car company of Chicago, beautifully furnished in plush and mahogany, expected to arrive in the city about the middle of June. The company are also buying several new cars from Messrs. Crossen & Co., four of the best constructed cars in Canada. | Ottawa Journal 1887-06-04(No numbers or names given, so filed against the un...),Ottawa Free Press 1887-06-06(Corroborating report two days later naming the sam...) |
| 1887-07 | Canada Atlantic Comabination Car 4 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1887-07 | Canada Atlantic Coach 6 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1887-07-22 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railroad Co. expect a new train of passenger cars, which were ordered about three months ago, to arrive in the city by the 18th of August. The cars will be among the finest ever turned out by the Crossen Car Co. of Coburg. | Ottawa Journal 1887-07-22(No numbers given, so filed against the unidentifie...) |
| 1887-08-03 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway has two new passenger cars en route from Pullman. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-08-03(No numbers given, so filed against the unidentifie...) |
| 1887-08-17 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railroad Company have ordered from the Wagner Car Company a fine train of passenger cars, arriving about the 25th. The first class cars are inlaid with rosewood and cherry and will be lighted by electric light, eighteen incandescent lights in each car -- the first train of cars in Canada to be so lighted. Each sleeper will also carry a light on its platform, dark by default but switched on by the conductor when the train stops at a station, to prevent accidents from passengers alighting in the dark. For this train the company have sent to the Krupp works in Germany for a new style of wheel claimed never to break. | Ottawa Journal 1887-08-17(No numbers or names given, so filed against the un...) |
| 1887-10-01 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The four cars recently burned on the C.A.R. have been replaced by others from the Grand Trunk railway. In a day or two the company will run a train lit by electric light. | Ottawa Free Press 1887-10-01(Replacement for the cars burned in the 1887-09-27 ...),Ottawa Citizen 1887-10-01(Same replacement reported the same day: 'The Canad...) |
| 1887-11-03 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car Cassandra | Ottawa Citizen, 1887-11-02: the new electric train ready for inspection at the Elgin Street station, cars 'Cassandra' and 'Feorenza' [sic]; a postscript notes the exhibit was seen the night of Nov 3, with the excursion train leaving Saturday 8 a.m., tickets $2.25. Ottawa Citizen, 1887-11-04, 'Electric Light Train': the two cars, called 'Cassandra' and 'Fivrenza' [sic], are parlour cars manufactured by Pullman -- blue velvet chairs, sliding lounge seats, raw-silk curtains, a buffet, a smoking room, incandescent electric lighting, Krupp steel-wheel trucks -- and made their first journey the day before. | Ottawa Citizen 1887-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...),Ottawa Citizen 1887-11-04(The detailed 'Electric Light Train' description. T...) |
| 1887-11-04 | Canada Atlantic Parlour Car Fiorenza | The Ottawa Journal's account of the same new train's debut describes it as received from Pullman: baggage car, 2nd class and smoking car, 1st class car, and drawing room car, at a cost of $36,000 exclusive of the engine, on exhibition at the Elgin Street Depot and commencing to run between Ottawa and Montreal the next day; an extra parlor car exactly the same is expected for the 4.50 train, with the Grand Trunk Railway supplying the other cars for that train by agreement. | Ottawa Journal 1887-11-04(Same debut as the Citizen's 'Cassandra'/'Fiorenza'...) |
| 1888-01-12 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Heating Cars by Steam: the Canada Atlantic Railway intend in future to heat their cars by steam. Each car will be heated from the locomotive, with pipes running along the side and a coil under each seat; rubber pipe connections between the locomotive and cars allow easy uncoupling. The Canada Atlantic is the first railway to adopt this system, which removes the danger of fire from heating stoves. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-02 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 9 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1888-08-02 | Sleeping Car Kenosha | C.A.R. will put on service to New York. The first of two new cars arrived and are perhaps the best equipped and most comfortable cars on the continent. They are called the 'Kenosha' and the 'Kastola' and have just been turned out of the Wagner company's shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, 'Local Railway I...) |
| 1888-08-02 | Sleeping Car Kastola | C.A.R. will put on service to New York. The first of two new cars arrived and are perhaps the best equipped and most comfortable cars on the continent. They are called the 'Kenosha' and the 'Kastola' and have just been turned out of the Wagner company's shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1888-08-02(Same item as the Kenosha fact; the pair announced ...) |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Coach 1 | listed as combination in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Listed as coach in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Comabination Car 4 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Coach 5 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Coach 6 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 8 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1888-10 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 9 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1888-10 |
| 1889-04-23≥ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway company received from Detroit, Michigan, yesterday, batteries with which to run the electric light in their cars. | Ottawa Free Press 1889-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1891-05-27≤ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. are building at Coburg a train of cars, to be completed by June 1st, which will run between Ottawa and Montreal; this train will be unsurpassed as to beauty and elegance of finish, with every convenience for travellers. | Ottawa Journal 1891-05-27(Not identified by car numbers, so filed against th...),Ottawa Citizen 1891-06-13(Says the new cars left the Canada Atlantic station...) |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 31 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 32 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-06 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-07 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 8 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1891-07-09 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway has issued one of the prettiest blotters ever printed. It is an illustration, beautifully designed, of the new express train just put on between Ottawa and Montreal. This luxuriously appointed and perfectly equipped express is now regularly running, and has already been fully described in these columns. | Ottawa Journal 1891-07-09(Advertising blotter depicting the same Coburg-buil...) |
| 1892 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 34 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1892-07 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 33 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1892-08-24 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway company was having a dozen handsome new passenger coaches manufactured for the line. A couple of them had arrived that week and were in the yard between Elgin and Bank streets. | Ottawa Free Press 1892-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-02-22 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | The Canada Atlantic railway company intended converting car No. 37 of its rolling stock into a private Pullman car. Separately, the company's employees broke up some forty of the old cars in use when the line was first opened, to reuse their wheels for new freight cars, and a new, beautifully finished official private car, the company's first, built at Cobourg, arrived at the C.A.R. station and was being fitted onto its trucks. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-02-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-26(On the new official private car built at Cobourg. ...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-03-29(On the old cars broken up for wheels. Transcribed ...) |
| 1893-02-22≤ | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | The Canada Atlantic railway company intended converting car No. 37 of their rolling stock into a private Pullman car, which it was said would make a handsome one. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-02-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-04-26≥ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A beautiful new private car arrived at the C.A.R. station the previous day and was being fitted on its new trucks. It was the first official car the company had yet purchased, built in first-class style at Cobourg; the inside was not yet altogether completed, but would soon be fitted out for the use of the officials of the road, on which it would be remarkable for its beauty. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-26(The car arrived "yesterday". Transcribed by Colin ...) |
| 1893-05-05 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The new official car recently purchased by the Canada Atlantic Co. was attracting much attention by its beautiful appearance and had recently made its first trip to Montreal. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-05-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-06 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Built by Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-06-06 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A fine first-class car had just been turned out of the C.A.R. shops at Ottawa, repainted, varnished and fitted out anew; it looked like a new one and would soon be put on the regular line. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-06-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-05 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two new combination cars were at the station, used one on the Parry Sound and one on the Boston run in place of the old baggage cars; the new carriages were of the very best build and would accommodate about half as many passengers as an ordinary first-class coach. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-07-17 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two cars, one a first class and the other a second class and baggage combined, were added that morning to the rolling stock of the Parry Sound railway. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-07-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-08-25≤ | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A fine combination car for the Hawkesbury branch would be turned out of the C.A.R. painting shops the following Monday, divided into three apartments for first and second class passengers and baggage. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-09 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 52 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1893-09-20 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway's passenger equipment on beginning regular service consisted of two first-class and two second-class coaches and a couple of combination cars, each 54 feet long, built by the Crossen Car Manufacturing Co. of Cobourg. The first-class coaches were beautifully finished in mahogany with comfortable high-backed seats like those in the C.A.R. passenger coaches, and had at the end of each a commodious state smoking department with leather-covered seats, reached by a side passage; the second-class and combination coaches were similar to those used on other roads. It was contemplated to build passenger coaches (and box cars) at Ottawa shortly, a large amount of material for this having been ordered. | Ottawa Journal 1893-09-20(Article headed "$75,000 in rolling stock". Transcr...) |
| 1893-09-25 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Co. had lately ordered a dozen first and second class coaches for its regular services; two first class and one second class had already arrived and were running. The first class coaches were "way above the ordinary", fitted with washrooms for both gentlemen and ladies and a capital smoking compartment (a new idea, since first-class passengers had been forced to take a second-class car to smoke), and were upholstered in red plush with high-backed seats; the cars were to be placed on the daily service as they arrived. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1893-10-21 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 34 | Coach 34 of the Canada Atlantic railway, a fine second class car, was undergoing repairs at the shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1893-10-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 12 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-03 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 100 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-03 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 101 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-03-29 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The C.A.R. will put a large number of new, elegant excursion coaches on their line this summer. The coaches are now being built at the Crossen Car Works. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 102 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Car 7 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 10 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Baggage, Mail, Express Car 11 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 20 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 20 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 21 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 21 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 31 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 32 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 33 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Second Class Coach 34 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Listed as official car in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 38 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 39 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 40 | Built by Crossen | Lepkey p301 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 50 | Listed in ORER | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic Car First Class Car 51 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 51 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-05 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 52 | Listed in ORER as OA&PS 52 | ORER 1895-05 |
| 1895-12-21 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | C.A. Ry. turn out the first coach from their workshops. The first passenger coach is a combination car 62½ feet long over drawbars, or 55 feet from door to door; 9 ft 6 in from floor to ceiling, or 14 feet from rail level; 10 feet wide. It is a standard car with Westinghouse brakes, Miller couplers, and steam heating apparatus; externally finished plainly in Sherman's tuscan red, pointed in black, lettering in gold. A first class passenger coach is now being built and will be turned out in a few weeks. Two snow ploughs have also been built, one already in use, 11 ft. 6 in. high and 32 feet long, costing $1,400, with a raising and lowering front and wings of the most improved pattern. When the company erect their new shops beyond Archville next spring the work of manufacturing cars will go on in earnest, but several coaches will be turned out this winter. The cars are constructed under the supervision of James Ogilvie, foreman of the car shops, and Wm. Holtby, car foreman. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-27 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The Canada Atlantic Railway is commencing to build cars at its shops in Ottawa. The first one - worth $4,000 - was turned out for the Rockland Branch. It was a combination first and second class and baggage car. | Mercury 1895-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1896-01 | Canada Atlantic Combination Car 2 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1896-02-18 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A new private car is being built at the C.A.R. workshops for Mr. J.R. Booth. It will be 80 feet in length. | Ottawa Journal 1896-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-18 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | A first of the first class passenger coaches turned out from the C.A.R. workshops will be finished in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1896-02-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 37 | Not listed in ORER | ORER 1896-06 |
| 1896-08-04 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The new private car for Mr. J.R. Booth has been so far completed that it has been run outside the shops. When completed it will be a handsome equippage. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-08-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Used in legislative special over the OA&PS. Called a "recent output of the workshops." | Ottawa Journal, 1896-09-28; Ottawa Citizen, 1896-09-28 - thanks to Colin Churcher and David Jeanes |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | The train was composed of six cars, in the van being the sumptuous private car 'Opeongo,' a praiseworthy product of the Canada Atlantic shops, in point of elegance and convenience probably second to none in the Dominion. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-28 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | It consisted of the magnificent C.A.R. official car 'Opeongo' a recent output of the workshops; car No. 99; two Wagner sleepers, the 'Lorne' and the 'Levis', a first class smoker and a first class dining car from the New York Central. | Ottawa Journal 1896-09-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-22 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | Two new baggage cars are just about ready to be turned out by the C.A.R. shops. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-12-05 | Canada Atlantic Business Car 333 Opeongo | Used in Laurier special train over OA&PS | Ottawa Journal, 1896-12-05 - thanks to Colin Churcher and David Jeanes |
| 1897-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Cars 13 and 14 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1897-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 13 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1897-02 | Canada Atlantic Baggage Mail Express Car 14 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1897-05-22 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | A special military train for Cornwall this evening will be composed of nine cars. Private car No. 99 will be for the use of the 43rd officers. The train will return on Monday evening. | Ottawa Journal 1897-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-01 - 1898-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage 24 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1898-01 - 1898-02 | Canada Atlantic Second Class / Baggage Car 25 | Built by CA | Lepkey p301 |
| 1898-03-17 | Unidentified Passenger Cars | The C.A.R. postal car, when she pulls out at 6.45 tonight will be lighted with acetylene. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1898-06 | Canada Atlantic Official Car 99, Champlain | Built by CA at Ottawa | Lepkey p301 |
| 1898-12 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Built by Pullman, lot 2392 | Lepkey p301 |
| 1899-03 | Canada Atlantic First Class Coach 300 | Delivered from Pullman | Lepkey p301 |
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