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A Path Interrupted

Black and white drawn diagram of the path taken by the troop train and the Ottawa Valley Local from Arnprior to Almonte on December 27, 1942

Source: “Wreck! Canada’s Worst Railway Accidents” by Hugh A. Halliday

Had the accident not occurred on that fateful night, the Ottawa Valley Local would have made it to its next stop at Carleton Place Station. Here, the front coaches of the train would have continued on to Smiths Falls, Brockville, Kingston, Oshawa, and finally Toronto. The remainder of the train would have been left to continue on to Ottawa.