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)

Wait a minute! You were cancelled 10 years ago!
Although Ontario Northland's "Northlander" which connected Cochrane (and by extension Moosonee) with Toronto was cancelled back in Sep... (more)

A special passenger train chartered by the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) readies to depart Cochrane Sunday May 8th, 2022. The train will pick up Mayors, Councillors, and ot... (more)

Southbound 514 trundles compass east on the Kap crossing the Opasatika River and frozen northern landscape on its way to Cochrane. With some rare six-axle help, its looking pretty overpowered with... (more)

On a brisk winter morning in the -20s (C), I strapped on my snow shoes and set out for a half mile walk just before sunrise to catch 214 on its way south. With a fairly short train, it's making qu... (more)

211 creeps through the winter wonderland at Boston Creek on a sunny afternoon, its light power barely disturbing the absolute quiet less the odd sound of a bird or snow falling off branches.

ONT 124 is caked in snow bringing up the rear of work extra 1734, operating a three man crew with the Jordan Spreader. Both wings are now fully extended having cleared the crossing with the train... (more)

Following a two day dumping adding to an already heavy winter snow load, ONR decided it was time to clean up the right of way right across the network. Here the flanger is seen biting into the ice... (more)

207 has just started its 2.5 hrs of work at Porcupine on the outskirts of Timmins while a foreman braves the harsh winter weather to clear switches and make it possible. In one of the most intrica... (more)

308 is absolutely flying over the Frederick House River through the small town of Connaught with its work now done at Kidd. It’s creating a mobile whiteout in its wake reminiscent of the weather... (more)