Railpictures.ca - A.W.Mooney Photo: This is a beautiful old station. Too bad CP didn’t think so. The town wanted to save it, but because it was built from local limestone and would be very costly to relocate, there just wasn’t the money and CP demolished this stately old structure 3 months after I got this photo. This and only three others, Renfrew, Pembroke and Alimonte, were built to a special architectural plan, and now are all lost. The station was constructed around 1899. The railroad was built in 1864. Today there is nothing left, the Ottawa Valley CP route track pulled in 2012. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

This is a beautiful old station. Too bad CP didn't think so. The town wanted to save it, but because it was built from local limestone and would be very costly to relocate, there just wasn't the money and CP demolished this stately old structure 3 months after I got this photo. This and only three others, Renfrew, Pembroke and Alimonte, were built to a special architectural plan, and now are all lost. The station was constructed around 1899. The railroad was built in 1864. Today there is nothing left, the Ottawa Valley CP route track pulled in 2012.

Caption: This is a beautiful old station. Too bad CP didn't think so. The town wanted to save it, but because it was built from local limestone and would be very costly to relocate, there just wasn't the money and CP demolished this stately old structure 3 months after I got this photo. This and only three others, Renfrew, Pembroke and Alimonte, were built to a special architectural plan, and now are all lost. The station was constructed around 1899. The railroad was built in 1864. Today there is nothing left, the Ottawa Valley CP route track pulled in 2012.

Photographer:	A.W.Mooney [2408] (more) (contact)
Date:	05/13/1981 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	nil (search)
Train Symbol:	n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CP Chalk River Sub. (search)
City/Town:	Arnprior (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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Todd Steinman

June 26, 2026 at 4:42 pm

Ahhh. Arnprior. Had two stations. CP shown here, but CN also had one. If I’m on the mark….harder to do and remember facts as I get older lol….the CN station would’ve stood behind you. That slightly overgrown track in the middle could have been a small interchange track for CP and CN. The CN line would continue to Renfrew, Eganville, Golden Lake, Wilno and eventually Barry’s Bay by crossing the CP line (these stations aren’t in order, I think…).

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Todd Steinman

June 26, 2026 at 4:42 pm

Ahhh. Arnprior. Had two stations. CP shown here, but CN also had one. If I’m on the mark….harder to do and remember facts as I get older lol….the CN station would’ve stood behind you. That slightly overgrown track in the middle could have been a small interchange track for CP and CN. The CN line would continue to Renfrew, Eganville, Golden Lake, Wilno and eventually Barry’s Bay by crossing the CP line (these stations aren’t in order, I think…).