Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1962, March 16 - Overnight passenger pool train derails locomotive at Bolingbroke, Belleville subdivision, CPR. No injuries

.Ottawa Citizen 16 March 1962 No Injuries As Engine Derailed PERTH (Special)-The engine of an overnight passenger pool train, travelling from Toronto to Montreal, was derailed 14 miles west of here early this morning. There were no injuries. Passengers arrived at their destination five hours late. The derailment occurred shortly before 4 a.m. According to a CPR official, the train was passing through a rock cut near Bolingbroke when the front truck of the lead diesel struck a rock. None of the cars left the track.

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