New book revisits deadly 1942 Almonte train wreck

An eastern Ontario historian has released a new book documenting an Ottawa Valley train wreck that became one of the deadliest in Canadian history. A train carrying soldiers to Halifax crashed into a passenger train at the station in Almonte, Ont. on Dec. 27, 1942. Thirty-eight people died in the collision and more than 150 people were injured, according to Jaime Bramburger, the author of "Sudden Impact – The Almonte Train Wreck of 1942." Almost all the victims died within 24 hours of the crash