The Polar Bear Express for Moosonee pulls into the station at Cochrane.

Ontario Northland 1808 leads train 161 The Northlander out of Toronto Union Station at 12:30pm. As of this date the train was operating only to Cochrane, ON.

A classic SD40-2 leads northbound train 113 from North Bay to Englehart as they prepare to pick up one car from the siding at Cobalt. ONR deactivated almost all their signals in the early 2000s, b... (more)

Rising above the provincial line between Quebec and Ontario, and also Ontario Northland’s Kirkland Lake Subdivision, stands the 1729’ Mont Chaudron (or Mount Cheminis). Formed in the most re... (more)

Nicknamed the “Burma Road” by train crews, Ontario Northland’s Kirkland Lake Subdivision doesn’t have a straight or flat mile. The Kirkland Lake Sub was built in the early 1900’s as ... (more)

The working crew of plow 560 poses with Tim Hortons in hand at Kapuskasing.

ONR plow no. 560 catches some late rays of sun as it rolls through Hallebourg.

ONR's wedge no. 560 has the nose down and breaks up ice buildup west of Kapuskasing, ON. It was rumored that this specific plow hadn’t been used in 6 years, and only got used because the snow fi... (more)

Passing the Ontario Northland bunkhouse, freight 313 arrives from Cochrane while off to the side CN 5446 and CN 2508 sit parked awaiting to come on duty later that afternoon. The power from the in... (more)

As darkness settles in on the north country blanketed in snow, ONR's plow extra clamours across the Beaver Creek trestle breaking the absolute silence for a brief moment as it hustles back to Nort... (more)

ONR's "rent-a-plow" extra heads back north after clearing the Newmarket Sub for CN between North Bay and Huntsville, tag teaming with CN's spreader W908 which finished clearing the Bala ... (more)

With CN struggling to keep up with clearing a record snow load in the Muskoka and surrounding areas, they called ONR to lend a helping hand to plow the areas north of Huntsville on the Newmarket S... (more)

Mixed train 421, better known as the Polar Bear Express, hustles north on its way to Moosanee and James Bay with a good number of motor vehicles, a specially outfitted box car, APU, and usual pass... (more)

The sun shines through on 211 illuminating the golden encore of birch and poplar at Boston Creek, warming the scene and providing a brief respite between the fast paced, rolling precipitation arri... (more)

Seasons clash at Boston Creek on a day where the weather changed about every five minutes from snow, to sun, to rain. Here the snow flurries contrast the greens and golds while 213 kicks up the fr... (more)