‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ on Canadian Rails
This past month, the Ontario Northland Railway, in conjunction with the Trillium Railway in the Niagara Region of Ontario partnered to bring a train down from Cochrane, Ontario for a television series shoot.
Author: Stephen C. Host
VIA Rail Acceptance Testing New Siemens Trainsets
VIA Rail Canada’s newest arrival, a full Siemens Venture trainset with a Charger locomotive, made a circuit of the Ottawa-Windsor segment of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor on April 13 and 14, 2022.
ION readies for revenue service
On June 21, 2019, the long-awaited ION LRT will formally enter revenue service for Ontario, Canada’s Waterloo Region. Leading up to the start of service, Bombardier Flexity LRVs will be operating in daytime service mode, with trains every 10 or so minutes.
GEXR leased segment reverts to CN
At midnight on Nov. 16, 2018, the 20-year lease of part of the 184-mile Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR) from CN came due, and the Class I lessor took back the lines.
Growth for Guelph Junction Railway
Canada’s Guelph Junction Railway (GJR) in 2017 hauled record carloads, declared its first dividend to sole owner City of Guelph, Ont., in more than 20 years, and extended its operating contract with Ontario Southland Railway (OSRX) for up to five more years.