The Railways of Ottawa
Findings of the Circle - Part 12


Ottawa and New York/New York Central

In Canada the line was opened on 29 July 1898.  Passenger service was discontinued on 15 July 1954 and the line was abandoned completely on 15 February 1957.
               
Locations shown in brackets were without passenger facilities.

Name
 Mileage
From
 To
 Notes
Ottawa, Mann Avenue
0.1
 1 January 1941
 15 February 1957
 Until December 1940 the CAR/GTR/CNR Central depot/Union station was used by passenger trains.
( Junction)
 0.47

Junction with CPR M&O sub.
(Hurdman)
 1.74


(Junction )
 2.04

Junction with CPR M&O sub.
Hawthorne
 5.43
 July 1898
Flag station
(Hawthorne Interlocking)
 5.45

Diamond crossing with CAR/GTR/CNR.
(McEwan Creek bridge)
 6.27

Bridge 6-A (Greens creek), three span pile bridge, masonry replaced in 1916 and 47' steel through plate girder installed in 1917.
Ramsayville
 7.11
 July 1898
Flag station, east side.  Name shortened to Ramsay for a period, also known as Ramsay's Corners.
BTC order 83650 of  7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Ramsayville.
(Ramsay Creek bridge)
 7.13

Six span pile trestle.
(Bear creek bridge)
 9.86

Bridge 9-A 12' steel I beam installed 1925.
Piperville
 10.51
 July 1898
Flag station, east side.
BTC order 83650 of  7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Piperville.
(Bear Brook branch bridge)
 12.96

Seven span pile bridge.
Edwards
 13.33
 July 1898 1955
 Flag station, east side.  BRC order 49320 of  14 December 1932 authorized NYC to remove the station agent from Edwards provided a caretaker is appointed.
BTC order 85255 of  28 December 1955 authorized NYC to remove the caretaker at Edwards.
BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue all services except carload freight and remove the station building at Edwards.
Station was subsequently moved twice and used as a dwelling.  Present location unknown, presumed demolished,.
(Black Creek bridge)
 16.35

Five span pile bridge, no 16-A, replaced 1927 by a double plate girder.
Pana
 16.75
1955
 Flag station (general store), eastside.
BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Pana.
(Water tank)
 20.06


Russell
 20.07
 July 1898
 February 1957
 Station, west side.  Moved to 24 Bourassa Street, Embrun after closure and used as a dwelling.
(St. Onge)
 23.6

Interchange with narrow gauge tracks of the Russell Shale Bricks Company.
Embrun
 23.68
 July 1898
 February 1957 Station, east side.   Building burned down in early 1970s.
(Castor River bridge
 23.87

Bridge 23-A.  125' deck lattice girder bridge, replaced in 1922 with 127'  steel double plate girder. Masonry rebuilt 1924. 39' DPG installed in 1906 on 1898 masonry  29' DPG.
(Little Castor River)
 25.7

Seven span pile bridge.
(Little Castor branch)
 26.02

Bridge 26-A.  Seven span pile bridge, replaced in 1916 by 26' steel DPG.
Cambridge
 27.43

BRC order 36355 of 6 May 1925 authorized NYC to withdraw the agent from the station at Cambridge and move him to the new station at St. Albert.
BRC order 39837 of  9 November 1927 pointed out that NYC did not go through the correct procedure in applying for permission to move agent from Cambridge to St. Albert.  Cambridge must remain open as an agency station despite the fact that there is a new agency station 1.44 miles to the south at St. Albert.
BRC order 40142 of  9 January 1928 approves the NYC Standard Mileage Freight Tariff C.R.C. No. 3196 for the purpose of changing Cambridge, Ontario, from a non-agency to an agency station without any change of rate.
BRC order 42109 of 5 January 1929 granted permission for NYC to remove the agent from Cambridge on condition that a caretaker be appointed.
BRC order 47151 of  5 August 1931 authorized NYC to remove the agent from Cambridge.
BTC order 86350 of  7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Cambridge.
St. Albert
 28.84
 1927
 May 1954
 BRC order 56337 of 5 January 1925 approves the location and details of the proposed NYC station at St. Albert.
BTC order 83704 of  6 May 1954 authorized NYC to remove the station agent at St. Albert and amend its tariffs by eliminating the said station for the handling of less than carload shipments.
Station moved to 989 Rue Notre Dame, Embrun after closure.
(Whissell Creek)
 29.04

Two span pile trestle.
Crysler  (3)
 30.61
 ?
 February 1957 Station first shown in September 1937 ETT at this mileage.
(Little Nation River)
 31.2

Bridge 31-A.  150' steel Pratt truss bridge built 1899 on 1898 masonry
Crysler (1)
 31.41
 July 1898.
 1 September 1908
 Station east side.  Ottawa Journal 6 August 1898: "The construction train on the Ottawa and New York Railway ran into the station at Crysler last evening, knocking the corner of the building and demolishing the cab of the engine.
The construction train was running into the siding which is built around the back of the station, in order to allow the passenger train to go by on the main track.  The siding track has been placed too close to the station and as a result the accident occurred.  Fortunately no one was injured and no damage was done other than shattering the glass in the windows, tearing the corner off the building and smashing the woodwork of the engine cab."
Chesterville Record 11 February 1905:"The New York Central is going to move the station house to the north side of the river in the near future."
Ottawa Citizen 2 September 1908: "The Ottawa and New York railway station at Crysler on the line between Ottawa and Cornwall was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning.
The station, baggage room and warehouse containing the operator's equipment, tickets and a large quantity of goods in transit were wiped out by the blaze which started from some unknown cause about six o'clock in the morning.  The loss amounts to about $2,000."
Cornwall Freeholder  4 September 1908: " About 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning the people of Crysler awakened to find the O.&N.Y. station was a mass of flames.  While Arthur Curry was passing the station he noticed that the platform was on fire.  He went to the rescue but as the fire was already in front of the door admittance to the building was impossible.  He notified the station agent, John Cockburn, but in five minutes the building was in flames and nothing was saved.  The people had just time to save two box cars, which were behind the station, on the tracks. There was a lot of freight in the building.  The loss is estimated to be between $5,000 and $6,000.  The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been from a red coal dropped by the freight engine which passed here about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning.  The citizens of Crysler hope that the new station will be built on the north side of the river, as it is more convenient for them."
Crysler (2)
 31.41
 November 1909
 ?
 Ottawa Journal, 24 November 1909 "The new station of the Ottawa and New York Railway at Crysler will be opened next week.  The building, which replaces the one burned several months ago, is of concrete.  It is two storeys high and one of the most attractive station buildings along the line."
Note: the reference to concrete would have been the foundation only.
It seems that this station was built on the site of the original one, following BRC hearings that found the NYC could rebuild where it wished.
Crysler station is last shown in April 1935 ETT at this mileage.
There is a station 0.5 km south of Crysler  on township road, street address 1908.  This is presumably Crysler (2).
(Payne River branch)
 34.48

Four span pile bridge.
Berwick
 34.78
 July 1898
 February 1957 Originally a flag station.  Station, moved after closure to Rue Notre Dame, Embrun, on NYC right of way.
BRC order 50275 of 22 August 1933 authorized NYC to remove the station agent at Berwick provided that a caretaker is appointed.
BTC order 85256 of  28 December 1954 authorized NYC to remove the caretaker at Berwick.
(Bridge)
 36.63

Four span pile bridge.
(Junction)
 36.92

Connection to CPR Winchester sub.
(Diamond)
 37.07

Crossing with CPR
Finch (1)
 37.09
 July 1898.
 Late 1926.
 Station,west side.
Finch (2)
 37.09
 1927
BRC order 38686 of  4 January 1927 approves proposed location and details of CPR new station building and freight shed at Finch, m. 74.23 (Winchester sub.mileage).
(Casselman Drain)
 37.29

Bridge 37-A. Four span pile bridge.
(Water tank)
 37.47

Siding.
(Quinn Drain)
 39.84

Bridge 39-A. Replaced in 1925 with 9' steel I beam.
Newington
 41.22
 July 1898 February 1957
 BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorizes NYC to remove the station agent at Newington provided a caretaker is appointed to handle express and to house l.c.l.
(Dixon or Raisin Creek)
 43.55

Bridge 43-A.  Foour span pile bridge, replaced 1917 by 27' steel DPG.
Northfield
 44.28
1955
 Flag station, east side. Two different buildings were used, second station was moved just metres from original site and used as a shed.
BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Northfield.
(Wesley Creek)
 44.71

Four span pile bridge.
(Spur)
 45.4

Spur into O&NY gravel pit, cabin at the main line switch.
Harrison
 47.06
1955
 Flag station. and general store
BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Harrison.
(Black River)
 48.54

Bridge 48-A, Riviere aux Raisins, 12 span pile bridge, replaced 1907 by 39' steel DPG.
Black River
 48.71
 July 1898 1955
 BTC order 86350 of 7 June 1955 authorized NYC to discontinue services to and remove the station buildings at Black River.
Station, west side; signboard now in the Heritage centre in St. Andrews West.
(Post Road)
 51.02

Overhead road bridge

51.3

Five span pile bridge.
(South Branch River)
 53.71

Bridge 53-B.  Five span pile trestle replaced in 1926 with 25' steeldouble I beam.
(Crossing)
 54.4
1956
 Crossing of CNR Cornwall diversion.
(Bridge)
 54.71

Pile bridge.
Cornwall Junction
 55.87
 November 1898
 ?
 Junction with GTR/CNR.  Station and interlocking tower.  station was replaced by a combine.
BTC order 71897 of  21 January 1949 authorized NYC to discontinue the sale of tickets at Cornwall Junction.
(crossing)
 56?

Crossing with Cornwall CSRL&P
Cornwall
 56.71
 July 1898
 February 1957 Station, west side. 34x54 with two waiting rooms, ticket office and baggage rooms.  Junction with Cornwall Street Railway
(Water tank)
 56.75


(Cornwall Canal) 57

Drawbridge 56-A
(St. Lawrence river) 57.1

North channel, cantilever bridge.
Uscan 57.9
 December 1903
Flag station.  Building survived until 1993 as a shed on private property on the west side of Cornwall Island.
BTC order 63570 of  15 May 1943 authorizes NYCRR (Ottawa & New York Ry) to amend its tariffs by eliminating Uscan station on Cornwall Island for freight and express shipments.
BTC order 83163 of  17 February 1954 authorizes the NYC to remove the station building at Uscan.
(International Boundary) 58.72


(St.Lawrence river) 58.9

South channel, three Pratt trusses.
(Raquette River)


Two span bridge
Nyando
 60.1
 June 1901
Station west side, also known as Hogansburg.  renamed Rooseveltown in 1934. US custom house.
(St. Regis river)


Two span bridge.
Helena
 63.5
 June 1901
Station and interlocking tower, junction with GTR.
Ironton
 66
 June 1901
 june 1922
 Flag station.
(Lawrence Brook)


Bridge (O&LC/CV/Rutland tracks)
Moira
 74.5
 September 1883
 6 May 1937
 Station relocated from middle of wye to east side of highway.  Combine was used beside the station building after it was moved. Station still in situ and used as a tavern.
(Lawrence Brook)


Bridge
Alburgh
 77.7
 June 1888
 May 1893
 Flag station.
(Alburgh Brook)


Bridge
Mosher
 80
 August 1896
 June 1901
 Flag station.
(Akins Road)
 83.4

Overhead road bridge.
(Cattle passage)
 83.7

Bridge
St. Regis Falls Road
 83.8

Bridge
Dickinson Center
 83.9
 September 1883
 May 1937
 Station.  Building still on site and used as a home (vacant in 2004)
(Deer River)
 84

Bridge
St. Regis Falls (1)
 87.3
 September 1883
 1918
 Station burned in 1918.
St. Regis Falls (2)
 87.3
 1919
 May 1937
 Replacement station.
(St. Regis River)


Black River bridge.
Shanleys
 90.5
 February 1886
 March 1898
 Station
Santa Clara
 93.5
 February 1886
 May 1937
 Station, moved a few metres after closure and converted into a church.
(Goose Pond)
 95.3

Cabin at switch, west side; junction to Brooklyn Cooperage Co.
(Goose Pond brook)



(Weidman)
 96.8

Junction to Weidman Cooperage Co.
(St. Regis River)
 97

Bridge
Spring Cove
 97.7
 July 1886
 May 1937
 Station, east side.
(Downey Brook)


Bridge
Downey
 99.5
 March 1909
 February 1911
(Downey Brook) 100.5

Bridge
Le Boeufs
 100.9


(Downey Brook) 101.3

Bridge
(Downey Brook) 101.4

Bridge
(Downey Brook) 101.8

Bridge
(Watering station)
 101.9

Water for locomotives.
(Downey Brook) 102

Bridge
(Junction)
 102.5

Junction to Brooklyn Cooperage, western line.
Meno
 102.7
 June 1901
 May 1937
 Station, originally Sherman until 1905.
(Junction)
 102.71

Junction to Brooklyn Cooperage, eastern line.
Brandon (1)
 107.1
 July 1886
 ?
 Known as Paul Smith's until 1893.
Brandon (2)
 107.7
 ?
 May 1937
 Flag station.
(St. Regis River)


Bridge.
McDonald
 108.9
 May 1924
 May 1937
 Junction to Bay Pond Inc.  Station, west side, still on site as a storage building.
Bay Pond (1)
 111.4
 August 1896
 ?
 Flag stop, moved and used as a shed, still in use today.
Bay Pond (2)
 111.4
 ?
 May 1937
 Station still in situ, uased as a home.
(Bay Pond crossing)
 112

Filled trestle.
(Collins Landing)
 112.4


(West branch, St. Regis river)
 113

Three bridges.
Kickabruck station
 114.3

Bridge
(Black Rapids junction)
 115
 May 1893
 1900
 Wye junction to Ducey Railroad.
(Windfall Brook)
 116.3

Bridge
Derrick
 116.6
 July 1890
 April 1936
 Station east side. Saranac Inn station 1888; Blue Pond 1894; Willis Pond 1896-1901.  Station might still exist on site as a hunting cabin.
(Willis Pond crossing)


Fill trestle.
(Willis Brook)


Bridge
(Black Brook)


Bridge
Kildare
 120.6
 August 1896
 May 1937
 Oval Wood Dish Co. office, water station etc., west side.
(Jordan Ricer)


Bridge
(Junction)


Junction with Oval Wood Dish Company, two lines.
(Pitchfork Inlet)
 124

Bridge
Childwold
 124.2
 July 1890
 February 1911
 Station was an old boxcar.
(Tupper Lake Junction)
 127.8
 July 1892
 ?
 Station west side (Faust Post Office), two water tanks, junction with Mohawk and Malone Railway;  station continued to serve NYC after 1937
Tupper lake (1)
July 1890
 ?
 Station temporarily on site of Oval Wood Dish plant.
Tupper Lake (2)
 129.5
 ?
 1933
 Station, east side.

Updated July 2006

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