Drocourt

Station: Drocourt
Subdivision: Sudbury
Mileage: 42.9
Symbols: ..
Train Order: DN
Office Signals: DR
Sidings: 100
Other Tracks: 10
Date Event
1929-03-20 Trains nos. 3 and 4 collide head-on north of Drocourt. Normally these trains meet at Waubamik but since Train no. 4, running 2½ hours late at Capreol orders were given to meet instead at Drocourt; however, train no. 3 failed to take the siding. The interior of colonist car on no. 3 caught fire when the coal-fired range was upsetThe Globe (Toronto), Thursday, March 21, 1929, p. 1, c. 6 & 8; Friday, March 22, 1929, p. 1, c. 7.