Station: | Drocourt |
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Subdivision: | Sudbury |
Mileage: | 42.9 |
Symbols: | .. |
Train Order: | DN |
Office Signals: | DR |
Sidings: | 100 |
Other Tracks: | 10 |
Date | Event |
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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. |