History
12 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-12-20 | The O.A. & P.S. station at Eganville was among those Mr. Mountain said on October 9, 1893 would be completed that fall. The Eganville Enterprise reported on November 24 that as soon as the rails were laid to Eganville the lumber for the station would be brought up and the station erected. By December 18 the framework of the station had been completed and the work of closing it in begun, and a station platform 200 feet long was being built; some twenty boarding cars stood on the side track. By December 20 the station was "just about complete" and being painted. | Ottawa Citizen 1893-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-11-24(Quoting the Eganville Enterprise. Transcribed by C...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-12-18(Framework, platform and boarding cars. Transcribed...),Ottawa Citizen 1893-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-06-09 | The municipalities of Eganville and Grafton are co-operating for the purpose of repairing the road to the O.A. & P.S. station. Since early spring this piece of road was almost impassable. However, this state of affairs is about to be remedied. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-06-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-11-17 | The O.A. & P.S. railway company, not having room for the amount of freight handled, have commenced the erection of an addition to the freight shed at the depot here. It is our opinion that if the C.P.R. does not build a station here the O.A. & P.S. shed, even with the addition now being added, will not be able to hold all the freight. Quoting the Eganville Star; filed on Eganville Depot as an addition to the existing freight shed there. | Mercury 1899-11-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1914 | The Eganville station's "original building burned down in 1914 after 17 years service." The site "has been owned by a series of four railway companies"; the line, built by J. R. Booth, "was officially opened as the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railroad (OAPSR) in 1897". Filed on Eganville Depot as the station the feature describes; the year is the paper's. | Ottawa Journal 1977-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1915-04-22 | As Mr. J.P. Smith, agent at the Grand Trunk Railway station at Eganville, sat in his office about eight o'clock in the evening, he heard a crackling sound from the adjoining freight shed and found flames sweeping through it. His wife was on the station platform; their invalid son was upstairs. Smith hurried up to get the boy and got him to safety; a few minutes later the shed and station buildings, built of wood, were a mass of flames. All the freight in the shed was destroyed, as was $50 in cash in the till, the company's papers, and the Smiths' furniture. The loss totalled about $6,000, covered by insurance; the cause was not known, though a carelessly-thrown cigarette stub was suspected. Loss estimates vary across reports: $6,000 (Ottawa Citizen, insured), $2,500 (Eganville Leader), and $4,000/$6,500 (Renfrew Mercury and The Equity respectively, both also naming insurance coverage). | Ottawa Citizen 1915-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1915-04-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) | |
| 1915-10-06 | Since the Eganville G.T.R. station was burned the company has substituted a second class coach for a waiting room. One individual remained inside until he missed his train, waiting for the coach to pull out. | Renfrew Mercury 1915-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1917-06-22 | The G.T. Railway Co. has begun the erection of a new station at Eganville, to replace the one destroyed by fire two years ago. Considerable of the needed material is now on the ground and carpenters have arrived to begin work. The station and freight shed will be of a modern and somewhat pretentious character, measuring 108 by 33 feet. A separate residence for the agent will be erected at an estimated cost of $4,000. | Eganville Leader 1917-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1968 | "The CNR agent was removed in 1968. John Redmond, who was agent at that time, has served at the Eganville station since then as CNR's 'express representative' or 'on-hand clerk.'" He would not retire fully until May, "when he will have worked 50 years for CNR". The year is the paper's. A 1970 item reports the Canadian Transport Commission allowing the C.N.R. to remove agents from Eganville and Renfrew in November 1970. | Ottawa Journal 1977-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1970-06-20≥ | By 20 June 1970 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Six trains and two trucks. That's all the business Eganville stationmaster John Redmond handles in a week." The 50-year-old wooden station had "A train a day, Monday through Saturday three going to Ottawa, three coming from Ottawa"; the train brought the parcels Monday, Wednesday and Friday and a truck the other days, and it "pulls through slowly - if there's anything to be put aboard, Jack signals and the engineer stops". Redmond, 63, had been retained by the railroad as an "on-hand representative" to keep track of express parcels and freight, and had worked at Eganville for ten years. Filed on Eganville Depot, the station the feature describes. | Ottawa Citizen 1970-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1977-12-07≤ | From 7 December 1977 (the issue date), the paper announced: "The Canadian National (CN) Railway station in Eganville is closing at the end of this year in the name of more efficient service, according to a CN spokesman in Ottawa." The Journal of 21 December says the "decrepit station, actually in Grattan Township, has a history of almost 60 years" and that Canadian National Railways "closes its Eganville station" on Dec. 31; after that CNR patrolmen who cruise the line once a week would "keep an eye on" the building. Filed on Eganville Depot, the station the items say is closing. | Eganville Leader 1977-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1977-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1986-04-23≥ | By 23 April 1986 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Canadian National Railway has officially offered the abandoned right-of-way and the Eganville Station to Grattan Township." In his letter received April 14, vice-president J. Roger Lagace wrote: "Since the Province of Ontario had decided not to proceed further with the acquisition of abandoned railway lines and according to CN policy in such a case, I wish to inform you that CN is agreeable to the sale of the former station building for the sum of one dollar." Filed on Eganville Depot, the station the letter offers. | Eganville Leader 1986-04-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1986-05-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 2009-08-25≥ | By 25 August 2009 (the issue date), the paper reported: A real estate listing for Eganville: "This is your chance to own a piece of Eganville history. The old train station has been completely renovated into an absolutely unique family home", on 3 acres zoned commercial, asking $289,000. Filed on Eganville Depot, taking "the old train station" to be that building (inference). | Re/Max 2009-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |