Names and numbers
Glen Robertson
date unknown
Structures
Dimensions
as reportedY for turning locomotives: yes
History
12 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-10-06 | A train was thrown off the track on the Canada Atlantic near Glen Robertson this morning, and two railway navvies were very seriously injured: an engine and some freight cars with tools and navvies left Glen Robertson, and had been going only a few minutes when the train was suddenly stopped by a tree across the track. The engine did not leave the track, but the cars carrying the navvies were thrown down an embankment; Dominique Duplino and Sept Turette each had their legs broken, and one was badly injured on the head. Both were sent to Montreal, arriving on the 11.20 train at Bonaventure Station, where the General Hospital ambulance carried the sufferers to hospital; doctors amputated one of Duplino's legs. | Montreal Daily Witness 1891-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-06-22 | A fatal accident. Yesterday morning or Wednesday night Mr McDonald and his brother-in-law Mr. John Erwin, both of this place, left Alexandria to walk to Glen Robertson on the railway track. About midnight or a little before, Mr. McDonald feeling tired wanted to sit down and rest; his companion kept on for a while, until they were about 2 miles from the Glen when Mr. McDonald sat down on the track. Erwin kept on a little further, sat down on the bank, went to sleep, and on wakening at about four o'clock in the morning started back to find McDonald, but found his brother-in-law's mangled body lying on the track cut into three pieces. An inquest was held on the body at five o'clock in the afternoon and returned a verdict of accidental death. He leaves a wife and four children. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-01-26 | A serious accident occurred at Glen Robertson on Monday night by which Mr. Iem. Bathurst lost his right hand. In alighting from a moving freight he slipped and fell across the rail and had his right arm almost severed between the elbow and wrist. He was taken to the hospital in Montreal on Tuesday morning for treatment. | Eastern Ontario Review 1900-01-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-06-22 | In a rear-end collision between two freight trains on the Canada Atlantic near Glen Robertson last night, Fireman J. Logan of Ottawa had his leg broken and several cars were damaged by fire. The trains were running in the same direction and the rear train was supposed to be at a safe distance from the one ahead. ... four cars loaded with grain and lumber caught fire and were somewhat damaged. (Ottawa Citizen, 23 June: the accident 'occurred through some misinterpretation of the rules.') The Journal says 'last night' relative to its 23 June issue; the Citizen and Eastern Ontario Review say the collision was Saturday morning about 2 o'clock (23 June). | Ottawa Journal 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1900-06-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1903-03-24 | Killed at Glen Robertson. Sidney Cluff, son of Capt. Cluff of No. 9 fire station, Ottawa, was killed on the Canada Atlantic Railway at Glen Robertson about 10 o'clock Tuesday (24/3) night. Deceased was a brakeman on the C.A.R., and slipped down between two cars of a moving train. The wheels passed over his legs above the knees and he died from the shock and loss of blood several hours after the accident. He was about 27 years of age and had entered the employ of the company about a year ago. His work necessitated his residing at Coteau, from which place his trips were made. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1906-10-20 | Sad Death on the G.T.R. Mr. Homer Taylor of Montreal, a dealer in railway supplies, was killed Saturday morning by a fall from the rear end of the Canada Atlantic Express between Ottawa and Montreal. Taylor disembarked at Alexandria for a light lunch; when the train started he ran and caught the rail and step of the last car, the parlour car, but could not open the door because the platform trap inside was down. A man on the station platform at Alexandria warned him of the water tank. As the express sped up to about sixty miles an hour his position became more precarious; about ten minutes later a passenger noticed him and had the porter pull up the trap, but as the door swung open Taylor swayed, lost his hold, and fell, striking his head on the roadbed. The train was stopped and backed to the spot, but he was dead of a crushed skull when picked up. The scene of the accident was two miles from Glen Robertson. | Eastern Ontario Review 1906-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1910-04-22 | A rear-end collision, happily unattended with loss of life, took place on the Grand Trunk about a mile east of Glen Robertson. Freight train No. 99 westbound had halted owing to a broken drawbar, and while engaged in effecting repairs a light engine from Coteau, in charge of Engineer Whitmore of Hawkesbury, speeding along at forty miles an hour collided with and demolished the van and damaged the engine. The engineer jumped from the engine, landing in a pool of water and sustaining injuries to his arm; he was conveyed to his home in Hawkesbury. A wrecking train from Coteau cleared the track and traffic was resumed after a nine hour interruption. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1921-06-20≥ | 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. The two daily papers agree on Saturday; the weekly says Monday. Dated to the first issue, not to a calendar day computed from "Saturday". | 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...) | |
| 1961-10-11 | Rheal Geneau, 34, of Glen Robertson, "died this morning when a 60-unit diesel freight train ripped into his car", apparently stalled on the C.N.R. level crossing at Glen Robertson; the car was carried half a mile and demolished. Engineer W. J. Callam said the car "was directly across the rails, and not moving, when his headlight picked it out at 5.05 a.m." | Ottawa Citizen 1961-10-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1967-04-28≥ | By 28 April 1967 (the issue date), the paper reported: At a meeting called by the Board of Transport Commissioners at Glen Robertson on Thursday, some 30 residents "bitterly expressed" the fear that the community of 700 "may become a ghost town" over Canadian National Railways' application "to close down the town's railway station and passenger service on the main Ottawa-Montreal line". "Only five passenger trains stop at the station each week and freight express business is light", the railway said, and "only four passenger tickets were sold on the average each month". CN officials suggested instead replacing the agent with an on-hand representative, and promised to try to arrange a morning and evening stop on Fridays. | Ottawa Journal 1967-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1985-12-13≥ | By 13 December 1985 (the issue date), the paper reported: Monique Bertrand, 40, of RR 1 Dunvegan, "was killed Thursday night when she drove around a car stopped at a rail crossing and smashed into a Montreal-bound VIA passenger train in Glen Roberston", at 9:10 p.m. on a back street, the flashing signal lights working; none of the 40 passengers was injured and the passengers were bused to Montreal. It was "the third this year and second in seven weeks along the Ottawa-Montreal line". | Ottawa Citizen 1985-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1992-02-18 | "On February 18, two LRC coaches on Ottawa-Montreal Train 34 derailed at speed at Glen Robertson, Ontario, when an axle broke. Fortunately there were no injuries." The derailments, with one at Ottawa in 1991, led VIA to step up axle testing of LRC rolling stock on recommendations of the Transportation Safety Board. | Canadian Press 1992-03-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |