Some pictures from our June 2011 trip around northern Ontario. Sadly, the Northerner (the Onatrio Northland’s Toronto to Cochrane day train) is scheduled to be replaced by buses at the end of September 2012.
“June 2011 circle trip around Northern Ontario with rides on the Algoma Central and Ontario Northland Railways”
From Northern Canada trip, posted by Tom Coughlin on 7/03/2011 (47 items)
- Monday Morning in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The Agaya Canyon train pulls into the station…
- The formica panels between the windows in the coaches feature Hopi art, not Cree. Thi…
- Inside of a former CN Tempo coach–original seats restored to original condition.
- Inside a former Santa Fe Railway Budd-built coach. Very comfy seats.
- What not to put in your Microphor toilet.
- Inside the First Aid camp shack at Agaya Canyon. Note the lack of electrical applianc…
- Inside the First Aid shack at Agaya.
- Former Amtrak, former Denver and Rio Grande Ski Train F-40 engine. Somehow it makes i…
- Former ATSF coach, one of three that the ACRY owns. They’re kept in immaculate shape.
- In the Agaya First Aid shack. The picture of the queen goes back to at least 1960.
- At Agaya we changed to the train running through to Hearst. Here, at Hawk Junction, w…
- Toward the north end of the line, a few people getting off the train were met by wate…
- Two refrigerators wait for final delivery by water taxi.
- Folks heading off to a fishing camp in Oba.
- VIARAIL’s eastbound Canadian met us in Oba.
- Hearst is the northmost point on the Algoma Central Railway. From there we spent the …
- 4:30 am at the Hearst Esso station. This bus took us to Driftwood, where we transferr…
- Meg and Tom in the great dome #900 "Otter Rapids". This beauty was one of t…
- In the summertime, the only road into Moosonee, ON is the railroad. Last winter, they…
- The ONR freight office in Moosonee.
- Moose Factory Island is a short water taxi ride from Moosonee. $15 per person one way…
- The Cree Nation Ecolodge has less than 20 rooms and the best restaurant in the area.
- St. Thomas Anglican Church on Moose Factory Island.
- View of the Anglican cemetery from Mahekun’s Den B&B.
- The common guest kitchen area at Mahekun’s Den B&B. There was a pot of clarified …
- The lounge area at Mahekun’s Den
- Our room in Moose Factory.
- The Hudson’s Bay Co. headquarters at Moose Factory, one of the oldest English-speakin…
- Inside the "factory".
- Great old stuff from the Hudson’s Bay Co. outpost era. In reality, the locals weren’t…
- Our lodging in Moose Factory, Mahekun’s Den. Pretty much everything on the island has…
- Meg riding back to Moosonee.
- Hauling bags back to the train station where the great dome is parked.
- The Moosonee Station safe decorated with the Ontario Northand Railway’s official colo…
- Former Milwaukee Road Great Dome #57, now known as ONR #900 "Otter Rapids"….
- Four "chain cars" carrying automobiles at the front of the Polar Bear Expre…
- Tom and Meg suited up for the Timmins, ON Gold Mine tour.
- Our tour group heading into the mine.
- An underground railroad you can actually take a ride on.
- Elevator to the surface.
- Panning for gold.
- Ontario Northland Station in Cochrane, ON. The station features a 23 room hotel on th…
- Inside the Cochrane station. Ticket office is on the left, the hotel desk is on the r…
- The Polar Bear Express arrives at 9 pm, back from Moosonee.
- Waiting for departure time on "The Northlander", the Cochrane to Toronto tr…
- Canada Day in Toronto. It’s 11:30 pm and nearly all of the TTC trolleys are in servic…
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