The Polar Bear Express is a Canadian passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario. Service was introduced in 1964. While designated as a passenger train, the Polar Bear Express also carries freight and is equipped with specialized equipment including boxcars for canoes, snowmobiles and all terrain vehicles. There are also baggage and express cars. In the past a special car existed for canoes but now these are carried in regular boxcars.
Polar Bear Express about to leave Moosonee
Moosonee Railway Station, c. 1970s
Polar Bear Express just south of Moosonee, Ontario
Polar Bear Express train
Ontario Northland Railway
The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario.
A pair of Ontario Northland diesels in Hearst in 2003.
Porcupine Express, Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, c. 1910
Ontario Northland freight trains in 1965
GMD FP7 #1501 at the Mimico Shops in 1968.