Names and numbers
Arnprior
date unknown
Structures
Dimensions
as reportedPopulation: 4400
Businesses: S.R.Rudd - sash & doorV.Barnette - sash & doorC.Merrick - boatsDontigny & Hughton - woollen millMcLachlin Bros - flour,lumberArnprior Marble Works
Work force: 700
Trains per day: up to 3
Y for turning locomotives: yes
Location: 172.02 miles from Alburgh Jct. 1 mile west of Arnprior
Protection: 2 home and 2 distant sems (old pattern), also derail at each approach (interlocking)
History
49 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-08-26 | An interlocking system and signal tower were being placed at the crossing of the O.A. & P.S. and the C.P.R. tracks at the western end of Arnprior: the tower was nearly finished by August 25-26 and was to be manned by two men, one appointed by the C.P.R. and the other by the O.A. & P.S. | Almonte Gazette 1893-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-08-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1893-09-22 | The "diamond" crossing for the O.A. & P.S. over the C.P.R. at Arnprior was put in on Sunday, September 17, 1893. Before the O. & P.S. could run cars over it, 1,700 feet of rail had to be laid on the far side so trains could stand clear of the C.P.R. lines; the C.P.R. gave instructions to tear up the O. & P.S. track on its property until that was complete, which its men did while the O. & P.S. men were at dinner, and the O. & P.S. men promptly laid it down again; a rumour of near bloodshed between the workmen was played down as no more than this (the Arnprior News commented that "for all around 'hoggishness' the C.P.R. leads the van"). The crossing was reported completed on October 5, when rails began to be laid west of Arnprior. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-09-20(Diamond crossing put in on Sunday. Transcribed by ...),Almonte Gazette 1893-09-29(Repeating the Mercury, with the Arnprior News comm...),Mercury 1893-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1893-10-05(Diamond crossing now completed. Transcribed by Col...) | |
| 1894-01-12 | ARNPRIOR NEWS. As soon as the mail car is put into service on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. we will get our Ottawa papers the evening they are published instead of next day, as we do now. Mr. P. Done, who has the contract of shipping about 400 car loads of lumber from Gillies Bros'. yards, Braeside, is drawing it here and shipping it over the O.A.& P.S. railway. | Almonte Gazette 1894-01-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-01-29 | It may not be generally known but it is a fact nevertheless that Gillies Bros., lumbermen of Braeside, find it sufficiently profitable to warrant their drawing lumber by sleigh to Arnprior and shipping it over the OA&PS tracks. Who says the latter company is not offering inducements? We are not surprised at the C.P.R. making so careful diagnosis of the situation by sending a representative up the line to investigate. According to the Renfrew Mercury, a travelling official of the C.P.R. visited that village recently in search of traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1894-01-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-05-04 | The O.,A. & P.S. R'y. has made a settlement with Mr. O'Keefe. Mr. O'Keefe got $100 damages. | Almonte Gazette 1894-05-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-05-22 | The Canada Atlantic Railway company are leaving nothing undone to ensure ample accommodation and every convenience for all who intend patronizing the excursion of the 43rd battalion to Arnprior on the 24th. Yesterday the company were fortunate in securing a number of first class coaches for the occasion. | Ottawa Citizen 1894-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-05-25 | The O.A. & P.S. R.R. are pushing things along their road. Several horses and carts have been secured here lately for the construction. | Almonte Gazette 1894-05-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-05-29 | Eleven hundred and seventy people were carried into Arnprior on the Queen's birthday by the O.A. & P.S. Ry. Of this number 841 were from this city. | Ottawa Journal 1894-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-07-21 | The new steam shovel for work on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound was taken up to Arnprior in the regular morning train and commenced work at once in a new gravel pit which the road has recently purchased at a point west of Arnprior. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-07-26 | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. are running two gravel trains between here and Arnprior and will have the grading on this section completed in a few days. | Ottawa Journal 1894-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-07-27 | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. have two trains at work now between here and Ottawa filling up the trestle work and grading. | Almonte Gazette 1894-07-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-10-26 | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S.RR. are putting in a new diamond at the junction. The switchman there has improved the surroundings with pretty flower beds. | Almonte Gazette 1894-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-11-02 | ARNPRIOR NEWS. A new engine made its first trip on the O.A. & P.S.RR. on Monday. The inhabitants were notified of its visit by its singular whistle. | Almonte Gazette 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1894-12-28 | A man named Bourdeau (also given as Napoleon Bourdon), a resident of Arnprior, was badly hurt by a steam shovel on the OA & PS Railway on Friday. He was standing on the bank above the cut where the shovel was at work when the earth gave way beneath him and he fell into the shovel; the accident was not discovered before the derrick had been swung around and the contents dumped on a flat car, where he was found among the earth and gravel. The Mercury gives the injury as a broken wrist and cuts to the face; the Almonte Gazette gives it as being lifted 15-16 feet before the engineer released him, and a broken arm. | Mercury 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-10-26 | ARNPRIOR NEWS. At the intersection of the railway lines a new diamond is to be put in on Sunday. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. wish to purchase McNab's grove on Chats Lake from McLachlin Bros. for the purpose of converting it into a picnic ground to be used by excursionists brought here by the railway. | Almonte Gazette 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1896-02-27≥ | Fred Rollin of the Chaudiere, Ottawa, had his ear bitten off in a fight on the Parry Sound railway train near Arnprior a few days ago. John Cyr, of Ironsides, was arrested for the assault. (As reported by 27 February 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | The Equity, Shawville 1896-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1896-06-26 | The railway company has filled with gravel the frog pond at the signal tower. Under an 'Arnprior News' heading. | Almonte Gazette 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-05-28≥ | On Sunday a new diamond was placed in position at the intersection of the C.P. and O.A. & P.S. R'ts. The average life of a diamond is six months. (As reported by 28 May 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Datelined Arnprior. | Mercury 1897-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-08≥ | The O.A. & P.S. railway were on Wednesday last served an injunction restraining them from carrying over 27,000 railway ties, now at Arnprior, into the United States. There is a dispute about the ties between Hebron Harris and the Rideau Lumber Company. The O.A. & P.S. will not carry the ties until the dispute is settled. (As reported by 8 September 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Names as transcribed ('Hebrom Harrisa'); the item is dated relative to the issue. | Lanark Era 1897-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-09-09 | Mr. James Keating, of Ottawa, has secured the contract of building a bridge at Arnprior for the O.A. & P.S. railway. He has moved up his derricks and machinery. The bridge is not identified; filed on Arnprior. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-03-17 | According to present indications Arnprior is to have further railway facilities. Mr. W.J. McKeown, of that town, now in the city, states that a line is being projected to Mile Lake a distance of thirty miles. ... The O.A. & P.S. has already given the town a considerable impetus. 'Other' tag; a proposed unrelated line, mentioned as reaching Arnprior which the O.A.&P.S. already serves. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-03-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-10-27 | There is a rumor in circulation that the O.A. & P.S. company will build a new and more pretentious depot here. The present building did very well in comparison with the old C.P.R. station, but now that the latter company has favored us with such a handsome structure, the rival line is considering the advisability of doing likewise. Rumour only; quoting the Arnprior Watchman. | Mercury 1899-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-11-10 | All the C.A.R. section men from Renfrew to Ottawa were working on the trestle here on Sunday. Which trestle is not named; filed on Arnprior per Churcher's place column. | Almonte Gazette 1899-11-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-02-02 | A large addition is being built to the O.A. & P.S. station. Quoting the Arnprior Watchman. | Mercury 1900-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-12-10 | Despite frequent protestations street crossings continue to be blocked by CAR trains in the Arnprior yard. Officials in Ottawa will be asked to abate the nuisance, and if this does not suffice, there may be a whole train crew placed under arrest one of these days. | Ottawa Journal 1900-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1903-11-19 | Finley McLaren, about 13 years old, was sentenced by Police Magistrate Tierney to the county jail at Pembroke, for ten days for throwing stones at a Canada Atlantic freight train. Detective Lefoile for the CAR laid the information. R. Dulmage, solicitor, assisted by Crown Attorney Metcalfe, prosecuted, and J.H. Grout, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The light sentence was due to the prisoner's extreme youth. | Record, Chesterville 1903-11-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1904-06-10 | The Canada Atlantic Railway employees' picnic will be held at Arnprior again this year, the date fixed being June 25th. | Eastern Ontario Review 1904-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1906-12-19 | ENGINE RAN INTO DIAMOND. A light engine coming east on the Grand Trunk railway beyond Arnprior ran a D rail at Arnprior and was ditched. The accident occurred at the diamond, the crossing of the main lines of the C.P.R. and the Grand Trunk. The engine, pulling no cars, was moving along at a fair speed and, for reasons not yet explained, ran square into the diamond, which was open for crossing only to C.P.R. trains. It made bad havoc of the crossing, bending the rails and almost tearing up the track. The engine was turned completely over; the engineer, Champness, was hurt but not seriously, and fireman W. Hamilton had his ankle sprained slightly. A gang of men was called up at once to repair the track; very little delay was caused to trains on either system. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1907-12-11 | A head-on collision occurred at the G.T.R. yards Arnprior. The west bound passenger train ran into the freight, telescoping the baggage car and completely wrecking it and the engine. No one was killed but the passengers received a bad shaking up. Mr. Geo D.R. Milford of Carp, a traveller for McColl Bros of Toronto, was among the passengers, but escaped with a slight shaking up. Dated to the Wednesday morning of the previous week, per the source. | Kemptville Telegram 1907-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-08-12 | Fred Yahuke, a brakeman, was instantly killed in the Mclachlan lumber yard yesterday by being buried beneath a pile of lumber which fell from a lorry as he was passing. His home was in Mansfield, where he had been married a short time ago. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1913-07-24 | The other evening Samuel Spence was the means of saving a boy's life. The boy, the twelve year old son of Mr. John McGonigal, had his thumb caught in a 'D' rail operated in the diamond at the intersection of the GTR and the CPR tracks. A through freight on the GTR was coming along just as Mr. Spence managed to have it stopped, while another boy informed the signalman of McGonigal's predicament and had the switch opened. The thumb was much flattened and a physician had to be summoned. | Chesterville Record 1913-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1927-02-07 | "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...) | |
| 1928-02-24 | "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...) | |
| 1928-12-24≥ | 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...) | |
| 1932-03-14≥ | By 14 March 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: William White, 56, of Smiths Falls, "a C.N.R. trainman, was seriously injured here yesterday when he fell from the top of a box car and under the wheels of a moving train. His left hand was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated and it was also found that his skull was fractured." He "was on top of one of the cars while shunting was being done in the local yard." | Ottawa Citizen 1932-03-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1932-05-09≥ | By 9 May 1932 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Another level crossing accident occurred here Saturday evening at the C.N.R. crossing on Highway 17, about a mile east of town": the evening local, due in Arnprior at 5.58 p.m., "crashed into" a team and wagon; both horses were killed and dragged about 700 feet, and three people were injured. The train, "an oil-electric express, according to some members of the train crew, narrowly escaped being de-railed". | Ottawa Journal 1932-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1933-08-21 | C. Pendler, aged 27, a merchant of Amos, Que., "died here this morning as result of injuries when he drove his car into the side of an eastbound C.N.R. local" on Highway No. 17 near Arnprior, with two women companions, one badly cut and bruised. | Ottawa Citizen 1933-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1933-10-27 | Benjamin S. Bolton of Ottawa "is alive and uninjured, but his light coach is almost a wreck as a result of Mr. Bolton driving his car into the side of a C.N.R. train at a level crossing about a half mile east of Arnprior late this afternoon", about 4.50, as the westbound local approached Arnprior. The air line broke and the train was held up for two hours. "This is the third serious accident at this crossing during the past eighteen months"; it has no signal or wig-wag. | Ottawa Citizen 1933-10-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1936-09-14≥ | By 14 September 1936 (the issue date), the paper reported: Frank Nighbor of Pembroke, the hockey player, "had a narrow escape from serious injury here when his car was struck by a freight train at the Daniel street crossing of the CNR., at about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon." The crossing "has an electric wig-wag signal but it operated from the main line only and does not wag or light up when trains are working on the siding." | Ottawa Citizen 1936-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1939-10-14≥ | By 14 October 1939 (the issue date), the paper reported: Herbert H. Brown, C.N.R. conductor, "suffered slight injuries to the back of his head and neck when a shotgun accidentally discharged in a day coach on the C.N.R. Ottawa-Pembroke local passenger train near Arnprior on Friday morning." The gun, loaded with birdshot, belonged to a passenger; Dr. C. W. McCormack treated him at Renfrew station. | Ottawa Journal 1939-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1944-12-23≥ | By 23 December 1944 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The engine, tender and three box cars of an eastbound Canadian National Railways freight train were derailed as they were entering the Arnprior yard at 5.20 p.m. Friday. The derailment occurred when the engine overran an automatic derailing device at a switch and jumped the tracks." Superintendent R. Hayes said no serious damage was done and an auxiliary train with a crane was sent from Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1944-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1947-12-16≥ | By 16 December 1947 (the issue date), the paper reported: An east-bound freight "Monday afternoon struck the three-ton oil truck of J. Melville Keith, but the driver escaped uninjured." Keith was proceeding northward on Hugh street with his view of the track obscured by buildings; the conductor was James C. Cameron of Madawaska and the engineer Harold Sheehan. A few days before, at the John street crossing, the west-bound way freight had hit a truck driven by Ken Burnett. | Ottawa Citizen 1947-12-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1948-07-09≥ | By 9 July 1948 (the issue date), the paper reported: Robert Moore, 10, of Braeside, "was instantly killed and his father suffered severe head lacerations and shock when a truck smashed into Canadian National eastbound No. 90 passenger train at the Russell street crossing in Arnprior yesterday afternoon." | Ottawa Citizen 1948-07-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1949-02-01≥ | By 1 February 1949 (the issue date), the paper reported: Two prominent residents "missed death by a narrow margin, when their automobiles collided at two different points in town, with a Canadian National Railways freight train" at noon "yesterday": Percy J. Lindsay's car on Russell street, hit by the train backing east from the local depot, and then J. A. MacKlem's, two blocks away. "This was the fourth railway crossing accident in Arnprior within two weeks." Brakeman Gregory Gaffney leaped from the rear car. | Ottawa Citizen 1949-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1952-09-10≥ | By 10 September 1952 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Service on the Canadian National Railways branch line from Ottawa to Pembroke and Barry's Bay was disrupted today as the result of a freight derailment just east of the CNR bridge at Arnprior at 10 o'clock last night." Six cars of a slow-moving ballast freight travelling west jumped the rails just before the bridge; trains were rerouted via Beachburg. | Ottawa Journal 1952-09-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1952-09-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1955-12-23≥ | By 23 December 1955 (the issue date), the paper reported: Three members of the town construction crew "had a narrow escape when the nine-ton truck in which they were driving piled into a westbound extra freight, at the Canadian National Railways John Street level crossing about five p.m. yesterday"; the truck slid on the icy road and was carried some 120 feet. Damage was $1,000. | Ottawa Citizen 1955-12-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1956-06-07≥ | By 7 June 1956 (the issue date), the paper reported: A school bus, a C.N.R. freight train and a loaded gravel truck were involved in "a three-way level crossing crash here yesterday afternoon" at 4 o'clock: the engine of the backing train caught the rear of the truck, which was thrown against the school bus waiting at the crossing; no one was hurt. The truck driver apparently did not see the train because a house obscured his view; the engineer was Michael Gaffney. | Ottawa Citizen 1956-06-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1963-06-12≥ | By 12 June 1963 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The CNR freight line from Renfrew to Ottawa will be clear today after the Monday night derailment of a ballast train." Conductor Ed Wilson, 48, suffered six broken ribs when five cars and the caboose of the 21-car gravel train "went off the rails about two mile west of Arnprior tearing up 150 yards of track"; the train was going from Horton Pit, Renfrew, to Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1963-06-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1976-08-30≥ | By 30 August 1976 (the issue date), the paper reported: Irene Carmichael, 70, and her daughter Jean Kinkade, 48, "remain in hospital in Ottawa after being trapped in this car following a car-train collision in Arnprior Friday", at "the CN crossing on Campbell Street"; OPP Constable John McCann pried open a door. | Ottawa Citizen 1976-08-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |