Nipissing Central Railway

picture info	Nipissing Central Railway The Nipissing Central Railway (NCR), sometimes known as the Temiskaming Streetcar Line, is a former interurban streetcar system connecting New Liskeard, Haileybury and Cobalt on the western bank of Lake Temiskaming in northern Ontario from 1910 to 1935. As the line had a federal charter, the operating company continues to be used to operate the Ontario Northland Railway freight spur line between Swastika, Ontario and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, avoiding the need to re-charter either end in its respective provinces. History In 1902 the Ontario government chartered the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) to connect the towns of New Liskeard and Haileybury on Lake Temiskaming to North Bay on Lake Nipissing. During construction, silver ore was discovered near the Mile 103 post, just southwest of Haileybury. The Cobalt Silver Rush followed, leading to the incorporation of the town of Cobalt in 1906, and a swelling population reaching 10 to 15,000 by 1911. As the populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Swastika, Ontario Swastika ( or ) is a small community founded around a mine site in Northern Ontario, Canada in 1908. Today it is within the municipal boundaries of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Swastika is a junction on the Ontario Northland Railway, where a branch to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec leaves the ONR's main line from North Bay, Ontario to Moosonee. Until 2012, the ''Northlander'' passenger railway service between Toronto and Cochrane served the Swastika railway station with connecting bus service running along Highway 66 into downtown Kirkland Lake. History The town was named after the Swastika Gold Mine staked in the autumn of 1907 and incorporated on January 6, 1908. James and William Dusty staked the claims alongside Otto Lake for the Tavistock Mining Partnership. The gold mine and town were named after the Sanskrit good-luck symbol Swastika. The Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway had an engineers' camp nearby as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Defunct Town Tramway Systems By City Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rail Transport In Timiskaming District Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport Rail transport and related matters Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films '' Mirattu'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub Magazines ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical Other arts The Rails, a British folk-rock band Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung Technology Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments Front engine dragster Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Interurban Railways In Ontario The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 and 1925 and were used primarily for passenger travel between cities and their surrounding suburban and rural communities. The concept spread to countries such as Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and Poland. Interurban as a term encompassed the companies, their infrastructure, their cars that ran on the rails, and their service. In the United States, the early 1900s interurban was a valuable economic institution. Most roads between towns and many town streets were unpaved. Transportation and haulage was by horse-drawn carriages and carts. The interurban provided reliable transportation, particularly in winter weather, between the town and countryside. In 1915, of interurban railways were operating in the United States an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Street Railways In Ontario A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as tarmac, concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic. Originally, the word ''street'' simply meant a paved road ( la, via strata). The word ''street'' is still sometimes used informally as a synonym for ''road'', for example in connection with the ancient Watling Street, but city residents and urban planners draw a crucial modern distinction: a road's main function is transportation, while streets facilitate public interaction. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quebec Railways The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Quebec. Common freight carriers Arnaud Railway Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Chaleur Bay Railway (CBC), Matapedia and Gulf Railway (CFMG), and lessor Chemin de fer de la Gaspésie Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) Cartier Railway CSX Transportation (CSXT) Charlevoix Railway (CFC) Chemin de fer Lanaudière (CFL) Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) through subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway Ottawa Valley Railway (RLK) Chemin de fer de l'Outaouais Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGRY) Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Roberval and Saguenay Railway (RS) Rio Tinto Fer et Titane St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLQ) Sartigan Railway (CFS) Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH) Cartier Railway Private freight carriers Port of Montreal railway Passenger carriers Amtrak (AMTK) Via Rail (VIA) Old Quebec Funicular Exo (public transit) Montreal Metro Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]