Comments on: A old shot of the once was a railroad town serviced by CP/OVR and CN/OCR. Now all that is left are trails and memories. This picture is of the OCR Ottawa-Pembroke Turn which just finished working the Smurfit-MBI plant. Today’s work included a single 50ft boxcar set off and 1 picked up. The track radius was very tight and the flange squeal was quite the sound.

By: onrfan13

onrfan13 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:46:59 +0000

Joseph, This is part of the old CN/CP later OVR/OCR interchange. If you look at Google Maps of Pembroke and look towards the west end, the outline is still clear of the track locations. This picture was taken at 45.824918, -77.143349. Sorry for not uploading that previously.

By: Noe

Noe — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:22:47 +0000

Very cool photo with all the overgrowth.

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:04:55 +0000

Neat, where abouts in Pembroke was this? I have family from there and visited last year, the railway was evident in the town, sad it is all gone

By: onrfan13

onrfan13 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:03:20 +0000

Yes it was and I have another shot that really shows how tight the curve is. I don’t think the quality is good enough to upload although… The track was not used very often as the plant also shipped by truck.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:52:19 +0000

That’s quite the quality right of way there LOL