Great Northern Railway of Canada
The Great Northern Railway of Canada (not to be confused with Great Northern Railway in the US) was a short-lived regional line that operated from 1892 to 1907. It was built to provide …
Northern Railway of Canada - Wikipedia
The Northern Railway of Canada was a railway in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was the first steam railway to enter service in what was then known as Upper Canada. It was eventually …
List of defunct Canadian railways - Wikipedia
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) A trans U.S. railway that had a railway in the BC Fraser Valley competing with CP for the natural resources. Great Northern Railway of Canada [ 2 ]
Canadian Northern Railway - Wikipedia
The Canadian Northern Railway [1] (CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its 1923 merger into the Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN), the CNoR owned a …
Canadian Northern Railway - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Feb 6, 2006 · Originally a major railway network over the Prairie provinces, the Canadian Northern Railway expanded into a transcontinental line with many supporting enterprises, …
Great Northern Railway Reporting mark: GN - Canada-Rail
The Great Northern Railway (GN) began in 1879 as the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company. Based in St. Paul Minnesota, the railway was controlled by Canadian-born James …
Northern Railway of Canada - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Feb 7, 2006 · The railway was designed to link the 3 lakes for which it was originally named - the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway. It opened in May 1853 when the locomotive Toronto …
The Great Northern Railway in B.C. - Columbia Basin Institute of ...
Jan 20, 2022 · The Great Northern is remembered as the only transcontinental railway built without land subsidies. James J. Hill is recognized in the U.S. as an empire builder. The …
The Northern Railway of Canada - TrainWeb
Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Union Railway (Northern Railway) Location: The railway is located in south central Ontario, connecting Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario with Barrie on Lake …
Building the Canadian Northern Railway
Jan 23, 2012 · Through the 1880s the Canadian Pacific Railway reigned supreme in the West. But the CPR had been forced by political considerations to follow a route across the southern …