Ottawa Area Videos

"Station Master" NFB movie about Finch, ON 
NFB - https://www.nfb.ca/film/station-master/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUznPBD6tSs

"Buster Keaton Rides Again" NFB Movie by Buster Keaton

"The Railrodder" NFB Movie by Buster Keaton
There is a sequence starting at 7.30 running along the canal into Union Station Ottawa.

The NFB Website also has additional footage. The link below has footage near Ottawa Union (1.02) as well as on the Maniwaki sub (1.25 with Cascades station and water tower visible at 2.55)
https://archives.nfb.ca/stockshot/20695/

Abandoned Ottawa New York Central

Last Steam at Bedell - 1950s

Ottawa West, Bayview, From Dayliner along Carleton Place sub.

Logging in Algonquin Park - Fassett Lumber Co.

1991, February 6 - A VIA Rail Ottawa to Toronto train comes close to a head on with a CP Rail switching movement just outside Smiths Falls
For further details see:  https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Wreck%20Details/1991SmithsFalls.html

Nicola Delja's Youtube video channel has a great amount of interesting video material, much of it from the Ottawa area.  Retro Rail Media

Bruce Chapman video volume 1 part 1
Bruce Chapman video volume 1 part 2
Bruce Chapman video volume 2 part 1
Bruce Chapman video volume 2 part 2
All parts have no sound and are time stamped for easy identification of each segment
Also from Bruce Chapman
-  CNR #6167 at Port Robinson  https://youtu.be/Z9-0GAXjrOU?si=Rieqaqq45i_gKUiK
-  CPR triple header excursion to Orangeville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOqXwbmATI0
-  East Broad Top Railroad  https://youtu.be/_AvzaA_0kNw?si=2sQO1xNvkOq7ND8D

Nik separated some footage produced by Crestline titled "Steam In Action" - of interest is the first program that is labelled as "1959/11/22 - CPR 4-4-0 #144 to Cornwall". It can be found at the following link:

https://youtu.be/-2HrH8lYzEg?si=Q0MNpONeFA7aDgsK

Thurso and Nation Valley Railway 1950s-early 1960s

NFB Film Cab View from Train Entering Lebreton Flats in 1949?

The very last run on the Thurso Railway. In January or February 1987, six months after the TNVR closed, locomotive No, 12 , a flat car and Car 27 made a trip out of Thurso for a short way. This video by Colin Churcher, shows a couple of run passes and then a derailment and rerailment of the locomotive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJgewxLnhvA

Dochart Brick and Tile, Arnprior 1987. Showing Plymouth locomotive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Th_bzxU5A

Ottawa Area Railfanning 1987 by Colin Churcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNhVMGBnMic
Ottawa Area Raifanning 1987 volume 2 by Colin Churcher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUvCjW9ddNg
A cab ride on a CNR freight to Brent on the now abandoned Beachburg subdivision in February 1987. By Colin Churcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc0wUF8AIA

CJOH "Ottawa Valley Steam" (1990): https://youtu.be/5fSZb2zct-k?si=MGFNQI4iynH74OD9

CPR 1201 excursion to Wakefield and Magog QC (c. 1981): https://youtu.be/6JHiJcQ9KS4?si=EFS__W8GJ8umycNM

Up the Gatineau, last run of 1201 to Wakefield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnaCsKflUI8

Kitchisissippi Museum (Dave Alston) has a number of local videos including some from Bruce Chapman
https://www.youtube.com/@kitchissippimuseumdavealls2671

Toronto Union Railfanning 1987 by Colin Churcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS9QNP7IkcA
Toronto Streetcars 1986 by Colin Churcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0gCgKxvSM

The Central Counties Railway from Limoges/South Indian to Rockland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX6lRTLOrDA

Bytown Railway Society Programs
4 April 2023 Chris Granger Cornwall Area Railways https://youtu.be/7PjImHd-4VU
2 May 2023 Colin Churcher The Wakefield Train 1057 to 1201 https://youtu.be/d5Z2ZW1ZXug
Doug Wilson The Search for Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlo1vadk4y0&list=PLwUrLFkxSnqyI21lez3a9RTYqd_hCrm-r&index=8&t=590s