Have a look:
https://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/northlander-passenger-rail-updates
Getting train sets for 2026…a long time to hold one’s breath.
Would have been better to start things off with conventional equipment…FP40PH-3s and conventional coaches purchased second hand. Ontario is in debt up to its eyeballs… I’m all for bringing the train back, but it has to be done in a fiscally responsible way.
I agree, and initially using secondhand equipment or ONR’s other existing cars (they never stopped running passenger trains north of Cochrane) could mean restarting the service tomorrow. I mean, aren’t all the stations from 2012 still there?