Names and numbers
South Indian
date unknown
Limoges
date unknown
Structures
Dimensions
as reportedY for turning locomotives: yes
History
14 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888-05-04 | A painful and probably fatal accident occurred at McAuley's siding, two miles below South Indian: workmen belonging to Mr. McTavish's saw mill were placing cars for loading when Mr. A. Paquette, an esteemed resident of the place, attempting to cross the track, was crushed into a space of not more than six inches between two loaded cars. The cars bounded back from the concussion and Paquette fell unconscious. | Ottawa Journal 1888-05-04(Dateline 'South Indian, May 1'; no entity exists s...) | |
| 1888-07-06 | The line of the Canada Atlantic Railway was blocked near South Indian owing to fire raging on each side and across the track, the rails having coiled up with the intensity of the heat; it was anticipated the men would relay the 100 yards or so of burnt line overnight in time for the first train. (It was about this time the previous year that this line was troubled by fire near Bearbrook and a serious accident narrowly averted.) The company lost no time repairing the damage: sixty sectionmen were put to work, and the afternoon Montreal express, which had stopped at Casselman overnight, was able to get through and reached Ottawa at 5 a.m. The passengers spoke highly of the company's attention. | Ottawa Citizen 1888-07-06(Includes a July 7 follow-up paragraph in the same ...) | |
| 1889-11-18 | South Indian: Mr. Donovan, the genial station agent, has moved his family from Casselman and is now settled here for the winter. | Ottawa Journal 1889-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-06-16 | A lumber train of about 25 cars was wrecked on the C. A. R. at South Indian early this morning. The wrecked train is piled up in one huge mass of broken cars, lumber and large pieces of timber. No through trains have been able to run between Montreal and Ottawa to-day. ... The accident occurred about 3.30 yesterday morning. The train was special timber train, which left Ottawa shortly after midnight. The train had passed the station at South Indian, and was just going over the village crossing, when the accident occurred. ... One of these cars had been accidentally left so far out on the siding that it protruded over the main line track. This car caused the wreck. ... The train consisted of some thirty-two cars. Twenty-six of these with their cargo were piled up in a space of 162 feet. Papers differ on the details: the Citizen says the freight ran into empty cars foul of the main line in the east end of the yard at about six miles an hour, with 23 flat cars badly damaged; the Journal of 06-17 says a car had been left protruding, or was struck by overhanging timber. Engineer Casey, fireman Rogers and conductor Leamy. The section man's family (Rehaume) narrowly escaped when timber demolished their house. The Journal of 06-17 reports the line clear that evening; the Citizen says trains would run without delay on 06-17. | Ottawa Journal 1897-06-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1897-06-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1897-06-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-10-05 | The fire reached South Indian about 2 o'clock to-day, and in a few minutes, so fierce were the flames, the village was one mass of fire. ... South Indian, eight miles to the west and nearer Ottawa, comprised about sixty houses two saw mills and two general stores. The residents numbered about three hundred. (Ottawa Citizen, 7 October: 'The C.A.R. lost eight freight cars and the station.') The New York Times of 1897-10-07 reports four bodies recovered at South Indian. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1897-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1914-02-21 | The Grand Trunk train due at Ottawa at 7:13 on Saturday evening from Montreal jumped the track about four miles east of South Indian, at Pilon Siding, at 6:45, the spreading of a rail said to be the cause. None of the 40 passengers or crew received anything worse than a slight shaking up. The train was making about 40 miles an hour when it left the tracks; engineer J. Kickley of Montreal shut off steam and applied the brakes so quickly and carefully that he prevented the coaches from turning over. All four passenger coaches, the baggage car and the tender left the tracks, the engine alone remaining on; the middle coach was tilted at an angle of about 60 degrees and was quickly propped up to prevent it falling over. Passengers were taken to a nearby farmhouse until the arrival of a special train from Ottawa three hours later. The accident delayed all traffic on the Montreal-Ottawa line for about three hours. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1914-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) | |
| 1918-05-11 | 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. The earlier Alexandria derailment mentioned as background is not separately detailed in this collection. | Ottawa Journal 1918-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1927 | Western leg of wye to Rockland branch taken up | CNR Limoges map | |
| 1927-04-23 | "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...) | |
| 1928-01-31≥ | 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. Filed on South Indian because the Citizen calls Limoges "formerly South Indian station"; the Reading Eagle calls the victim J.A. Boyd. | 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...) | |
| 1943-06-29≥ | By 29 June 1943 (the issue date), the paper reported: Normal traffic resumed on the C.N.R. main line to Montreal after "the washout of the Canadian National Railways' main line to Montreal at Limoges, 23 miles east of Ottawa, which caused a derailment of a freight train yesterday morning and resulted in a tie-up of the line", was filled in and the track reopened at nine o'clock "last night", after the Sunday night rain storm. Filed on South Indian, since the Citizen of 1928-01-31 calls Limoges "formerly South Indian station". | Ottawa Journal 1943-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1950-05-08≥ | By 8 May 1950 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The Canadian National Railway station at Limoges which was threatened by live embers from the fire, was given some protection by a CNR freight train which was moved up and down the track to ward off the live sparks." Filed on South Indian, since the Citizen of 1928-01-31 calls Limoges "formerly South Indian station". | Ottawa Citizen 1950-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1953-06-24≥ | By 24 June 1953 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Ontario Provincial Police apprehended three men yesterday in connection with an afternoon break-in of the CNR station at Limoges, Ont. Less than $25 was reported stolen." Station agent Albert Bessette noticed the money missing on his return from lunch. Filed on South Indian, since the Citizen of 1928-01-31 calls Limoges "formerly South Indian station". | Ottawa Journal 1953-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1973-03-19 | "Twenty-three cars of an 83-car freight train jumped the track about 4.15 a.m., scattering tons of grain, crumpling box cars and tearing up track for about a mile" at a level crossing in the middle of Limoges, about 15 miles southeast of Ottawa. "Crew members, working at both ends of the train, escaped injury"; all freight and passenger service between Ottawa and Montreal was rerouted over Canadian Pacific lines. The Citizen put the derailment at about 4.20 a.m. and the speed at about 60 m.p.h. Filed on South Indian, since the Citizen of 1928-01-31 calls Limoges "formerly South Indian station" (as with the 1953 Limoges item). | Ottawa Journal 1973-03-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1973-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1973-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |