General

Station Name: Pickering
Subdivision: Oshawa
Mileage: 311.45
Station Symbols: X
Train Order: D
Office Signals: KN
Sidings: 88 (Westward Track)
Other Tracks: Yard

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Chronology

Date Event
1884-09-24 GTR Express No. 3 from Toronto to Montréal derails east of Pickering. Although 3 Pullman cars and Chief Engineer Hannaford private car tumbled down a 25' embankment no one is killed and only nine people are injured[The Toronto World, Thursday, September 25, 1884, p. 1 & Friday, September 26, 1884, p. 1].

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