Northern Railway of Canada
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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 acquired by t
Cover of the Act of the Province of Canada chartering the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railroad Union Company, 1851
View of the station in Collingwood, before the tracks were laid to the building. It burned down in 1873.
Lady Elgin, Engine No. 1 of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad.
Engine No. 2, The Toronto, seen in 1881 in Toronto.
The Hamilton and North-Western Railway is a former railway in Ontario, Canada. It ran north from Hamilton on the western end of Lake Ontario to Collingwood on Georgian Bay and Barrie on Lake Simcoe. T
Northern Railway of Canada
…routes on the Lakes led to intense building through the entire area. Businessmen in Hamilton took the opportunity to plan a second line to Barrie as the Hamilton and North-Western Railway (H&NW), with their proposed line passing through several towns along the way. The Northern countered with the suggestion for a South Simcoe Junction…
Beeton was a stop on the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway. The line split a short distance north of the station at Allimil, with the mainline running to Barrie and a branch-line to Collingwood.
Locomotive #136 of the South Simcoe Railway, a heritage railway which runs over a portion of the former H&NW between Tottenham and Beeton.