Ontario Northland

The Railroad Ontario Northland , or Ontario Northland Railway in English ( ONR ), is a Canadian railroad and a company of the provincial crown. The Ontario Northland Railway ( ONR , AAR Reporting mark S HAS, ONTA) has Canadian provincial Railway and Crown corporation. Its north-south mainline has southern terminus At North Bay, passing through Cochrane, and has northern terminus At Moosonee, one the south Shore off James Bay - all in its namesake province off Ontario. Year east-west secondary mainline connects Calstock (near Hearst) with Cochrane and has line extends from Swastika (south off Cochrane) off into the neighbouring province Quebec where it terminates At Rouyn-Noranda. The railway' S forty Kilometre S off track in Quebec are operated by has Subsidiary, the Nipissing Central Railway.

Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing areas, this railway soon became has major Factor in the economic growth off the province. After decades off hardware construction through the Canadian Shield it reached James Bay in 1932. While blasting the road through the shield, Geologist S discovered vast deposits off valuable Mineral S such ace Gold, Silver, Copper and Nickel. Possible The railway also made it to exploit the vast Timber Resource S off Northern Ontario. The importance off the ONR is witnessed by the vast increase in mineral exploration and exploitation, giving small channel to the valuable mining stocks one the Toronto Stock Exchange and indirectly leading to Southern Ontario 'S economic boom during the 1970s.

History 1902-1946

The railway was incorporated ace the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway one March 17, 1902, by year act off the Ontario parliament, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Act. The railway was to Be has provincial Crown corporation overseen by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission. Construction one the railway started in 1903, and reached New Liskeard, in the Lake Timiskaming area, by 1905. Ace it passed by Long Lake, near the 103 mile marker, the largest silver rush in Canada was sparked by workers looking for trees for railway ties. The town off Cobalt, Ontario grew out off the fortunes off silver taken from the grounds. The railway reached Englehart in 1906, and Cochrane in 1909. In the next few years, several branch lines were built.

In 1921, construction one has line north to James Bay was started. In 1923, the new Conservative First off Ontario, Howard Ferguson, halted further construction, stating that it would Be unprofitable. For furnace years the terminus off the line remained At Fraserdale, near Abitibi Canyon, where has Hydroelectric prejudice was being built one the Abitibi River. Between 1928 and 1930 the railway was extended north At has slow fox trot pace. The pace off construction was quickened in 1930 aces has make-work project had to the depression. The extension to James Bay was opened one July 15, 1932. The terminus off the railway was At does not have At the mouth off the Moose River near the old trading post off Revillon Frères. It was named Moosonee, from the Creates meaning " At the moose".

With name changes for the railway was first proposed in 1942 by Arthur Cavanagh, who was chairman off the commission between 1940 and 1944. He noted that it would cuts the advantage off associating the railway with the province, not just with the District off Timiskaming. With name changes would also avoid confusion with the Texas and New Orleans Railway, which had the same initials. The Ontario railway would often cuts boxcars misdirected in the United States, while receiving invoices that should cuts gone to Texas. The railway' S name was changed to the Ontario Northland Railway one April 5, 1946, when has bill amending the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Act received assent.

History 1946-2005

Three new mines were opened in Northern Ontario in the 1950s and 1960s. Sherman Undermines in Temagami was opened in 1955, Adams Mine in Kirkland Lake in 1963, and Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins in 1967. The Ontario Northland Railway built spurs to serf thesis mines.

In 1991, ONR acquired sum tubes from the salts off Gray Coach by Stagecoach Group.

In 1993, CN applied to abandonment sections off its underused to form National Transcontinental Railway mainline across northern Ontario (it had previously abandoned the portion off the line between Calstock and Nakina in 1988). The portion between Calstock and Cochrane was sold to ONR.

In December 2000, the Ontario government announced that it would Be privatizing the railway. CN submitted has government bid in March 2002, and in October the gave them exclusive rights to negotiate has purchase off the railway. However, the deal fell through one July 2, 2003, over the government' S insistence one job guarantees, and the railway remains in public hands. There February 25, 2005, CN and ONR signed is routing agreement in which ONR would transport CN' S freight traffic that travels between Noranda and either Hearst gold North Bay.

Trains of passengers

Ontario Northland is recognized for its tourist train Polar Bear Express which circulates of Cochrane to Moosonee, making 6 return tickets per week lasting the summer months. The train leaves Cochrane in the morning, remains some hours with Moosonee and turns over to the evening. Even if the polar bears are seldom visible in Moosonee, the voyage makes it possible to discover the Amerindian culture and the railway history. There is also a goods and passenger train marchadises/momentary, called affectionately Little Bear (small bear, bear cub). This train moves between Cochrane and Moosonee and stops readily along the way to embark or unload rowers or hunters. The Northlander is another train of passenger of the ONR which travels partly on ways of the CN between Toronto and Cochrane via North Bay. Northlander accomplishes a voyage per day in each direction, six days per week.

Northlander stop at the following stations:

Toronto
Washago
Gravenhurst
Bracebridge
Huntsville
South To rivet
North Bay
Temagami
Cobalt
New Liskeard
Englehart
Matheson
Cochrane

Stops of the Little Bear and the Whodunnit Bear Express train:

Cochrane
Moosonee
Moose Factory

The Dream Catcher Express stops with:

North Bay
Temagami

Bus

Ontario Northland operates also a service of bus and of mail between Toronto (of the Yorkdale Terminus of Go Transit) is several places in the center and the north of Ontario.

The service of bus of the ONR (lines 1 and 2) stops at the following places:

Toronto
Yorkdale
Iroquois Falls
Cochrane
Smooth Rock'n'roll Falls
Kapuskasing
Hearst
Orillia
Gravenhurst
Bracebridge
Port Sydney
Huntsville
Norht Bay
Temagami
Coldwater
Port Severn
Mactier
Washago
Novar
Ernsdale
Burk' S Falls
Sunrdige
South To rivet
Trout Creek
Powassan
Azilda
Chelmsfor
Dowling
Levack
Cartier
Cobalt
Haileybury
New Liskeard
Swatiska
Earlton
Englehart
Kirkland Lake
Ramore
Matheson
Val Gains
Gogama
South Porcupine
Timmins
Cochrane
North Bay
Kapuskasing
Hearst

Float

General Diesel Motors FP7
General Diesel Motors GP38-2
General Diesel Motors SD40-2
General Diesel Motors FP7A
Montreal Engine Works RS10/10s
Montreal Engine Works RS2
Montreal Engine Works RS3
Montreal Engine Works S4
American Engine Company S2
American Engine Company RS2
Hawker Siddeley Canada corrugated coach
PM-class coach
Budd dome coach
Budd lounge because
Budd buffet counter because
EMD F7B
Werkspoor engine
MCI D4500
MCI 102A2
MCI MC9
MCI MC5A
MCI MC7
MCI MC8
MCI 102A3
MCI 102C3
MCI 102D

Goods

Connections with the other railroad company are carried out at the following places:

North Bay (CN and Railroad Ottawa Valley)
Hearst (CN)
Rouyn-Noranda (CN)

Engines and rolling stock

The railroad has approximately 25 Diesel loco, and approximately 700 parts of rolling stock. One of its parts of rolling stock most unusual is a coach for boat, which is in service during the summer on board the Little Bear. The coach can contain to eighteen boats. It is the only coach knew in the world built specifically to transport Canot S and Kayak S.

In 1977, the railroad bought four whole of train Trans-Europ-Express train withdrawn from the railroads Dutch and Swedish, to use them on its train Northlander . On the other hand, the experiment with step be completely profitable. The engines were sent to breakage in 1984, whereas the coaches of passengers survived until the beginning of the year eighty.

Installations

North Bay Yard
Cochrane Yard
Temagami Work Saw-tooth

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission

The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission was established ace the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission in 1902 to oversee the railway. In 1946, with the name changes to the railway, the name off the commission was changed to the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. The uses the Word " off; transportation" instead off " railway" in the commission' S name reflected has new, expanded elects for the commission.

In 1937, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Act was amended, enabling the Commission to operate drunk be, Truck S, and airplane S in order to curry passengers and freight. By 1938 the Commission had acquired 11 tubes. In 1945, the Commission acquired the Temagami and the Nipissing Companies Navigation. Legislation in 1946 allowed the Commission to acquire, construct, and operate Boat S, and also from the Hotel S, Tourist arises S, and Restaurant S. In 1960 it purchased has trucking firm, Star Transfer.

The railway is still operated today by the commission, which still runs various other enterprises transport, including has drunk coach services along the Toronto - North Bay - Timmins - Hearst and Toronto - Sudbury - Timmins corridors, and has telephone and telecommunications company (Ontera). The commission is year agency off the Ontario government and is used to promote development in northern Ontario.

See Too

GO Transit
Canadian National
the Canadian Pacific
Via Rail Canada

References

Note: these references are those of the English article.

Barnes, Michael (2005). WRINKLE THE WHODUNNIT BEAR Express train-Visiting Moosonee and Moose Factory. Renfrew, Ontario: General Blind Publishing House. ISBN 1-896182-48-8.
Tucker, Albert (1978). Steam Into Wilderness. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Gift Millets, Ontario. ISBN 0889024448.
Surtees, Robert (1992). The Northern Connection: Ontario Northland Since 1902. Captus Near, Toronto. ISBN 0-921801-83-1.
Smith, Douglas NR. W. (2004). In Century off Travel One The Ontario Northland Railway. Smith, Douglas NR. W. ISBN 0-9730521-1-2.
http://www.cn.ca/news/newsreleases/2005/en_News20050225.shtml. Dated March 25th, 2005.

Bonds

the official site of Northlander
the official site of the Whodunnit Bear Express train
the site (not) official of the fans of Ontario Northland
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
service of bus of Ontario Northland
Articles and photograph gallery on the ONR
Ontario Northland in Moosonee

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