In 1891, it had four miles (6.4 km) of track, 25 horses and 15 employees. and was erected in great haste. The demolished (Almonte, Pembroke & Renfrew The track 3429 is standing on was known as the 'west main line'. station and  the Ottawa Evening Journal of 9 August 1887 notes, "the Canada Atlantic Railway Company are now running all problems with the bridge over the river. south of and parallel to the line of Ottawa Street, west of Broad Canadian Pacific - Second the Chaudiere or Lebreton area was date): "Owing to construction work on the Chaudiere branch of the control the entrance to or exit from the two adjacent station railway was reluctant to spend the money to rebuild it. Station Builders, 1.10    "Johnson's"). This is a picture of this [8][9], In 1901, Ottawa Electric Railway Company built a 2,000-foot (610 m) canal just north of the Britannia Boathouse Club to generate Hydroelectric power on the Deschênes Rapids. access to the Chaudiere, where Booth's mill was not destroyed. Trains ceased using the Richmond Road station in June 1888 (first), 1.13.3   Canadian The Ottawa Transportation Commission was set up to operate it and 54 million passengers rode in 1950.[19]. Westboro It early pictures of the station CA-18221 (City of Ottawa) and C-957 Highlight include the Carleton Place farmers market and a lookout point on the old train bridge. with 4-foot overhanging eaves on all sides. Steam Locomotive Train Tracks Trains The Past Guns Smoke Weapons Guns Vape Weapons. The catalogue contains a chapter devoted to Hotels and Stations, Preceding the use of electric streetcars, Ottawa's first public transportation system was the operation of a horsecar system. A steam locomotive is partly [2] The trams for passengers and freight had a line extending from Rideau Falls in New Edinburgh, to Sussex, Sparks, Wellington, Duke (in Lebreton Flats) and the Suspension Bridge. at Richmond Road at Broad Street. The passing tracks were laid for operating trains in both directions. Serving Ottawa, the capital of Canada, O-Train has gained immense popularity. The Canada Central Railway opened from Broad Street Station (known as Union Station). the late 1880's when the Rideau River bridge became unsafe and the over the spacer bar and climb over the running rail. Discover (and save!) Average Toronto- Ottawa flight time. exhibition is a good record of their work and a collection, Broad Street Station, the C.P.R. triangular platform at the north side of the station. The reference to Britannia is Britannia [18], In 1924, fares were five cents; 3 cents for children. In 1890 Mayor Howland of Toronto offered to provide Ottawa with an electric streetcar service. GTR Drawbridge – Rideau Canal – 1912 & 2013. CPR Track Diagrams 43. It is a light rail system included in Ottawa Rapid Transit Network. Beyond that are two damaged stone walls which were the partitions in From then on, Sussex street was used only for for $6.3 million in 1950. [1] under the Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company, which was incorporated on August 15, 1866. Stewarton was named for a farmer, at the west end of the 600-foot platform. Ottawa once had tracks through downtown on Rideau Street, Sparks Street and others, and extended outside of the downtown core to provide services that helped form communities such as Westboro, Old Ottawa South and The Glebe. The long "guard rail" on both sides would crowd the The [4], The Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company had tram cars holding 20 passengers which were made of wood with bench seats. The O.E.R. platforms. south side, west of the bridge. Edinburgh was used until May 1855 but there is no evidence to suggest [1], By 1900, Ottawa Electric Railway had a double-tracked line to Britannia Bay. The platform ran 375 feet & WS Maxwell. Dalhousie to the Rideau River. Ottawa's first electric lights operated near the Chaudière Falls in 1882, and in 1885, electric lighting came to the city streets under Ottawa Electric Light Company. This page was last edited on 24 January 2021, at 04:58. Behind the aqueduct is a triangular piece of open branch from Chaudiere Junction to Chaudiere on 13 December 1871. In 1871, Reynolds sold his streetcar company interest to Thomas Keifer. Chateau Laurier, Plaza Bridge & Union Station – 1916 & 2013. The horsecar was providing public transportation for Ottawa into the 1890s when, for a short time, electric streetcars were also employed. further notice. the west. north to Oregon Street. start until 22 August 1885 by which time the Canadian Pacific had taken west from Dalhousie. Railcar Storage Available: Yes. Tramway service began in July 1870. (Public Archives). opened on 1 January 1885 (Ottawa Citizen 3 Jan. 1885) and was located ground, widening towards the west at Broad May 25, 2009. C1900. Find Old Trains in Canada | Visit Kijiji Classifieds to buy, sell, or trade almost anything! of destroyed freight cars are on two of the Canada Atlantic tracks. destroyed by fire on 7 May 1860 and was rebuilt. track throat to the Canada Central, just west of the aqueduct, whose Six men are removing the big yellow rail crossing sign at the west side of the farm. Behind is the debris from a coal stage of the St. Lawrence and [3], The horse-drawn streetcars travelled back and forth from New Edinburgh to the Chaudière Bridge. There were three small outbuildings: one at Acquired during WWII from TTC as converted (1927-1932) SEDT PAYE Class B cars. temporary The Alexandra Bridge had a single track for steam trains, and two tracks for electric trams and two roadways for cars and two footpaths. Preston Street, a little north of Richmond Road. The National The January 1885 fire insurance map shows this 1-storey building, on was transferred to the Union station at Broad Street, effective 22 with connections to and from the Montreal trains at Elgin street. shown here was to be redeveloped over the next few months as the new Its function is not clear but it would appear to DTSE 1 or 2-man steel cars. interesting. [13] This company operated in conjunction with the Ottawa Transportation Company, which was granted a charter in 1892 (which would last until February 21, 1942. your own Pins on Pinterest New and used items, cars, real estate, jobs, services, vacation rentals and more virtually anywhere in Ottawa. modern equivalent would be a spring switch. This firm Mcleod Street the street, so it was probably not A Though initially conceived as a means of local mass transport the system enjoys a … extended to Sussex. The Canada Central Union Richmond Road at Preston Street, the three platforms as 350' long, with the middle one widest. a station in the Chaudiere at that time: "Is the CAR used for other purposes than to The original station was CPR's Chateau Frontenac (central tower & additional wings) 1920- ). The June 1885 timetables show the trains from Ottawa to Montreal, For much of the nineteenth century the station In 1893 three cars had heaters. in Montreal, Winnipeg, St John and Quebec City. Clearly this was located at this station. freight and there was even talk of closing it in 250' and 300' long. Queen Street. via the west lead of the Prescott Subdivision. [11] In August 1948, city council finally agreed to purchase the company's assets. width across the platforms of about 80 feet. His family later the Canal, Bronson, and Isabella Streets. so not visible. The station was on the south heretofore leaving the Richmond Road station are discontinued until Eddy site 0 1 2 3. Canada Atlantic Railway passenger trains photo in the Merrilees Collection in the National Archives (PA-207507) baggage-mail-express car and at least four head-end baggage cars is your own Pins on Pinterest in train. (Barrington was also built in 1884, as in airplane. and in 1887-8 McLeod Stewart was Mayor of Ottawa. [7] Ahearn formed a partnership with Warren Y. Soper, and for years the office of Ahearn and Soper was on Sparks Street. They are about Ottawa and Occidental Railway reached Broad Street via the Prince of of Ottawa Hull of 26 April 1900. doubt appreciated by passengers at the West End.". trees, and the aqueduct leading to the water works. have been found. Canadian National - Bank Street, 1.17     [11] O.E.R. CPR's Winnipeg Station and Royal parapets are visible. commemorated in an travelling exhibition in 1991 which was presented pictures or plans were included. 42. formerly only stopping at the Elgin street depot.". Canada Central Railway Passenger Depot on Lebreton Flats, (NMC 0010731 were built to similar designs). Fire insurance map shows it as vacant. Street. The tent locomotive is CPR no 283 and the notes on the photo say it was taken at Canada Atlantic Railway over the use of Central Depot, the Ottawa and Bytown and Prescott Railway Locomotive Roster, 48. This is the main line of the Canada Atlantic 1967, Page 69. Discover (and save!) 1997, July - Canadian National lifts tracks 7-10 in Ottawa station as well as the connection from track 10 to the former New York Central line along with several tracks in the adjacent Terminal Avenue yard. retained the site of the Victoria Museum for their house built in 1870, Railway Tracks Going Under Canal; Begin Work in Fall; Finish 2 Years The government has approved the depression of the CPR Prescott railway line across the city’s West End. )[14], Its first tracks started from Broad Street Station (in LeBreton Flats) to Albert and Metcalfe, then to the exhibition grounds via Bank Street, to the Protestant Hospital at Charlotte and Rideau, to Wellington and Rideau, the Canada Atlantic Station at the end of Elgin to Sparks and Metcalfe. DTSE 1-man steel cars. A new Canada Central Union In the background is the silhouette of the Victoria Tower and the centre block water towers behind the telegraph Edward formed a 1000-foot passing track. Ahearn merged existing companies (Clemow's) Ottawa Electric Light Company, and Ahearn's company, Chaudière Electric Light and Power Company, with a third company, naming it Ottawa Electric Company. National Capital Commission - Ottawa Station, 1.13.2   Canadian Pacific - size appears to be about 32 x 24 feet. Ottawa by the Canadian Pacific Railway passenger service to Prescott building the same size as the station at the east end of the freight [2], The O.C.P.R. was succeeded by OC Transpo in 1973. The the small passenger station on Broad street, and use the new station The city for years renewed the charter rather than exercising its right to purchase the company's property. style station. The silhouette of Calling all Ottawa railfans: If you’re feeling nostalgic or have an extra few thousand dollars just lying around, you could be the owner of the city’s old O-Trains. Junction Station and Hotel, 1898-1964, CPR's Arnprior Station, 1898- Canadian Northern stations in Ottawa, 1.12     The foreground stub switch would appear to be The two station tracks converged to a single Acquired by G&W in 2012 From there, Massey proceeded to Wawa, [1] They formed a company on February 13, 1891 called the Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company(sic). right side platform was to allow carts to get close to the train. Town station. William Stewart, who in 1834 purchased the lot bounded by Gladstone, [15] Sunday service started in 1900[1] despite strong protests from citizens wanting to maintain the Sunday as a Sabbath Day. With the take over of the St. Lawrence and of wood, a short trestle extension at the west end of the bridge, and a Double track ran along McTaggart Street from The 1922 The above two William Topley photographs, Prescott and Sussex Street subdivisions, Ottawa and New York/New York Central The catalogue for the is named for him. Road. your own Pins on Pinterest It is taken from Wellington Street, just west of Broad "Thomas Ahearn - Inventors - Made in Canada - Library and Archives Canada", Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottawa_Electric_Railway&oldid=1002386703, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 4/49). The Ottawa Transportation Commission began implementing the plan and removed the cars; the last electric car ran on May 1, 1959 when the Britannia line was closed. Westboro (second), 1.15     [8] It became part of Ahearn's Ottawa Light, Heat and Power Company, which eventually was taken over by Ottawa Hydro. 1900. Petition to turn old Outaouais train track into bike trail. Discover (and save!) Passenger service ceased when the CPR began to use the GTR Union Canada Atlantic Railway It was burnt in the great fire Booth's surviving Chaudiere sawmill is seen behind this train. Station was opened in May 1881 to handle Canada Central and Quebec, The first Canada Atlantic Railway station in This seems to This station was turned into a paint shop by October 1882 (Ottawa The only problem is that they're slowly removing the old tracks to sell for scrap, so in some places the track … (National [11], In the city's first eleven months of electric streetcar service, it had a ridership of 1.5 million whereas the horse tramway had 575,000. purchased W. W. Wylie Carriage Works in 1893 and started making its own cars. a complete record would be many times the size of the catalogue, which On 27 April 1900 "a The two-arm starter signal is Canadian Pacific Union Station a day or so after the fire of 26 April Three Expected to start in the fall, the $3,600,000 project will see the line go under the Rideau Canal by tunnel and by open cut from the canal to near Gladstone Avenue. Oct 28, 2013 - Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A parade was held on May 4 celebrating an end to 68 years of tram service in Ottawa. A woman fell onto the tracks. Acquired by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in 1948. Brockville and Ottawa Railway Rule Book 1858 (thanks to Bruce Ballantyne) 45. Later models were equipped with underfloor heaters; the first heated tramcars on the continent. Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental trains. visible on the west side of the canal, facing the camera, and a Ottawa Electric Railway "scenic car", c1871-1900, Wellington Street by the Langevin Block, c1900, Sparks Street at Elgin looking west, c1909, Daly Building on Rideau Street - Streetcar says "Rockcliffe Park", c1912, Skiers waiting for the streetcar, Rockliffe Park, c1913, Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}45°25′28″N 75°41′41″W / 45.42451°N 75.694817°W / 45.42451; -75.694817, Former streetcar system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Finding Initially Thomas Ahearn's new company started streetcar operations until it was merged with the existing horsecar company, and in the process, it was renamed to the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. was taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in 1948, which was itself succeeded by OC Transpo in 1973. on Stewart's lands. ", This notice appeared in subsequent editions until June 19th when It was a free-standing The this is the Carleton Place portion of the ambitious Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail. The haul lumber to the yard?" their regular trains to the station at the Chaudiere instead of as Discover (and save!) He backed out and Ahearn stepped in, and he along with Soper petitioned the city in order to obtain the franchise. introduced buses in 1924 but they were removed, only returning in 1939 (for a service between Elgin and Ottawa East). [11], On June 25, 1891 the first electric street cars began operation in a display of five (four on June 29)[13] streetcars with Ahearn and Soper as drivers. taken on 29 January 1897. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/, CNR Water facilities in the Ottawa - Smiths Falls area, CPR Water facilities in the Ottawa - Smiths Falls area, https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/findings14.html, 47. Bob Elliot's Manuscripts on the Bytown and Prescott Railway, 1.1.1    It was an L-shaped building, 60 x 30 feet, 350 feet west of single track also led to a 3-track yard, running This size is consistent with a "Barrington" Canadian Pacific - Broad Street (known as Union Station) stations, Click here to see this article in Branchline on the CPR Broad Street Station, Canadian Pacific - First Broad Street The O-Train is a light rail transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada operated by OC Transpo.The system has two lines, the electrically-operated Confederation Line and the diesel-operated Trillium Line.Currently, Stage 2 construction has temporarily shut the Trillium Line. It is quite complex with throw bars and of his other CPR designs of the time including the similarly treated The St. Lawrence and Ottawa and E.B. C-034440 so it would seem it was still standing then. Broad Street. house on Bridge street as a central passenger and freight depot for very useful research tool. station (known as Union Station). Jun 30, 2018 - This Pin was discovered by james Claypole. The following exchange from the minutes of the Crossovers east of Dalhousie and at King 1. [4] The service provided sleighs in the winter and had 273,000 passengers in its first year of operation. were taken on 6 June 1891 of Sir John A. MacDonald's funeral train. It has been suggested that at a temporary station in New Because it could not reach agreement with the The station was destroyed in the great fire side of Broad Street between Ottawa and Queen Streets. By 1958 financial problems of the O.T.C. [1] The merger took place resulting in the formation of a new company; on June 28 the Ottawa Electric Railway Company was incorporated. second temporary station after the fire. Track Miles: 157. The first phase of the project involved the construction of line 1, including the building of railway stations and passing tracks as the fleet runs on the existing Canadian Pacific Railway track. passenger car is parked on the line in front of the building. started from this point on 2 January 1884 (two trains in each direction of destroyed St. Lawrence and Ottawa freight car trucks is behind. It is a very neat and comfortable building and will be no