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89 relations: Abraham Fitzgibbon, Avonside Engine Company, Bogie, Boxcar, British North America, Canada, Canada East, Canadian Locomotive Company, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Carl Abraham Pihl, Charles Douglas Fox, Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer), CN Kingston Subdivision, Coboconk, Distillery District, Dual gauge, Edmund Wragge, Edward Betts, Eidsvoll, Eldon, Ontario, Erin, Ontario, Fairlie locomotive, Ffestiniog Railway, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Flatcar, George Laidlaw, GO Transit, Grand Trunk Railway, Hamilton, Ontario, John Shedden, Kingston, Ontario, Kirkfield, Lake Nipissing, Lake Simcoe, Lake Simcoe Junction Railway, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Library and Archives Canada, List of gauge conversions, Markham GO Station, Markham, Ontario, Metrolinx, Midland Railway of Canada, Minden Hills, Montreal, Morton Peto, Narrow-gauge railway, Narrow-gauge railways in Canada, Newmarket, Ontario, Northern Railway of Canada, ..., Ontario, Ontario County, Ontario, Oslo, Panic of 1873, Paris, Ontario, Passenger car (rail), Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway, Portland, Maine, Province of Canada, Queensland Rail, Radial axle, Robert Stephenson, Ruling gradient, Sarnia, Scarborough GO Station, Scarborough, Toronto, Stouffville GO Station, Stouffville line, Stouffville, Ontario, Sutton, Ontario, The Crystal Palace, The Great Exhibition, Thomas Brassey, Toronto, Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, Track gauge conversion, Trunk Line, Uxbridge railway station (Ontario), Uxbridge, Ontario, Via Rail, Victoria County, Ontario, Whitby, Ontario, Whitchurch-Stouffville, York County, Ontario, York–Durham Heritage Railway, Zerah Colburn (locomotive designer), 0-6-6-0, 4-4-0, 4-6-0. Expand index (39 more) »
Abraham Fitzgibbon
Abraham 'Abram' Fitzgibbon (23 January 1823 – 4 April 1887) was an Irish-born railroad engineer and a pioneer for narrow-gauge railways.
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Avonside Engine Company
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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Boxcar
A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.
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British North America
The term "British North America" refers to the former territories of the British Empire on the mainland of North America.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Canada East
Canada East (Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada.
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Canadian Locomotive Company
The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canadian manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario.
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Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.
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Carl Abraham Pihl
Carl Abraham Pihl (16 January 1825 – 14 September 1897) was a Norwegian civil engineer and director of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) from 1865 until his death.
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Charles Douglas Fox
Sir (Charles) Douglas Fox (14 May 1840 – 13 November 1921) was an English civil engineer.
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Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer)
Sir Charles Fox (11 March 1810 in Derby, United Kingdom – 11 June 1874) was an English civil engineer and contractor.
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CN Kingston Subdivision
Canadian National Railway's Kingston Subdivision, or Kingston Sub for short, is a major railway line connecting Toronto with Montreal that carries the majority of CN traffic between these points.
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Coboconk
Coboconk is a community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the south-central portion of the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Distillery District
The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Dual gauge
A dual gauge railway is a track that allows the passage of trains of two different track gauges.
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Edmund Wragge
Edmund Wragge CE (1837 - 26 November 1929) was a British-born and trained engineer who constructed the first common-carrier narrow gauge railways in North America.
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Edward Betts
Edward Ladd Betts (5 June 1815 – 21 January 1872) was an English civil engineering contractor who was mainly involved in the building of railways.
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Eidsvoll
(sometimes written as Eidsvold) is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.
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Eldon, Ontario
Eldon is an unincorporated place in the city of Kawartha Lakes in central Ontario, Canada.
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Erin, Ontario
Erin is a town in Wellington County, approximately northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Fairlie locomotive
A Fairlie is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies.
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Ffestiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Fitzhenry & Whiteside is a Canadian book publishing and distribution company, located in Markham, Ontario.
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Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
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George Laidlaw
George Laidlaw (February 28, 1828 – August 6, 1889) was a businessman who promoted the development of narrow gauge railways and was invaluable in the chartering of the Toronto & Nipissing (with which his own Victoria Railway would soon compete) and the Toronto Grey & Bruce Railways in 1868.
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GO Transit
GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada.
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Grand Trunk Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system that operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and in the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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John Shedden
John Shedden (November 4, 1825 – May 16, 1873) was a Scottish-born Canadian business owner and contractor involved in railway development.
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in eastern Ontario, Canada.
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Kirkfield
Kirkfield is a village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Lake Nipissing
Lake Nipissing (lac Nipissing) is a lake in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Lake Simcoe
Lake Simcoe is a lake in southern Ontario, Canada, the fourth-largest lake wholly in the province, after Lake Nipigon, Lac Seul, and Lake Nipissing.
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Lake Simcoe Junction Railway
The Lake Simcoe Junction Railway (LSJR) was a short-line narrow gauge railway in Ontario just north of Toronto.
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Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England.
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Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) (in Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible.
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List of gauge conversions
This is a list of notable railway track gauge conversions, railway lines where the distance between a set of tracks is broadened or narrowed.
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Markham GO Station
Markham GO Station is a railway station on the GO Transit Stouffville line network located on Markham Main Street North in Markham, Ontario in Canada.
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Markham, Ontario
Markham (2016 population 328,966) is a city in the Regional Municipality of York within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada.
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Metrolinx
Metrolinx is a Crown agency that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Golden Horseshoe region, which includes the cities of Toronto and Hamilton, in the province of Ontario in Canada.
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Midland Railway of Canada
The Midland Railway of Canada was a historical Canadian railway which ran from Port Hope, Ontario to Midland on Georgian Bay.
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Minden Hills
Minden Hills is a township in and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
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Montreal
Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.
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Morton Peto
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP).
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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Narrow-gauge railways in Canada
Although most railways of central and eastern Canada were initially built to a broad gauge, there were several, especially in The Maritimes and Ontario, which were built as individual narrow-gauge lines.
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Newmarket, Ontario
Newmarket (2016 population 84,224) is a town and regional seat of the Regional Municipality of York in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Northern Railway of Canada
The Northern Railway of Canada was a historical railway located in the province of Ontario, Canada.
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Ontario
Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.
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Ontario County, Ontario
Ontario County was the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Oslo
Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.
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Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries (France and Britain).
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Paris, Ontario
Paris, Ontario (2016 population, 12,310) is a community located at the spot where the Nith River empties into the Grand River in Ontario, Canada.
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Passenger car (rail)
A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers.
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Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway
The Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway (PW&PP) was a former railway running from Whitby to Port Perry, running north-south about 50 km east of Toronto.
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Portland, Maine
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a population of 67,067 as of 2017.
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Province of Canada
The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867.
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Queensland Rail
Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia.
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Radial axle
A radial axle is an axle on a railway locomotive or carriage which has been designed to move laterally, along the arc of a circle, when entering a curve in order to reduce the flange and rail wear.
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Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.
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Ruling gradient
The term ruling grade is usually used as a synonym for "steepest climb" between two points on a railroad.
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Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, and had a 2016 population of 71,594.
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Scarborough GO Station
Scarborough GO Station is a train station in the GO Transit network located in Scarborough, a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Scarborough, Toronto
Scarborough (2011 Census 625,698) is an administrative district and former city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Stouffville GO Station
Stouffville GO Station is a railway station in the GO Transit network located in Stouffville, Ontario in Canada.
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Stouffville line
Stouffville is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada.
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Stouffville, Ontario
Stouffville is the primary urban area within the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.
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Sutton, Ontario
Sutton is a suburban community located nearly 2 km south of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada.
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The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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The Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.
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Thomas Brassey
Thomas Brassey (7 November 1805 – 8 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century.
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Toronto
Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.
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Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway was chartered in 1868 to build a narrow-gauge railway from Toronto to Grey and Bruce Counties in Ontario, Canada.
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Track gauge conversion
Gauge conversion is the change of one railway track gauge to another.
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Trunk Line
The Trunk Line (Hovedbanen) is a railway line in Norway which runs between Oslo and Eidsvoll.
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Uxbridge railway station (Ontario)
Uxbridge railway station in Uxbridge, Ontario, now serves as a railway museum and a station of the York–Durham Heritage Railway.
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Uxbridge, Ontario
Uxbridge is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham in south-central Ontario, Canada.
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Via Rail
Via Rail Canada (generally shortened to Via Rail or Via; styled corporately as VIA Rail Canada) is an independent Crown corporation, subsidized by Transport Canada, mandated to offer intercity passenger rail services in Canada.
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Victoria County, Ontario
The County of Victoria, or Victoria County, was a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Whitby, Ontario
Whitby is a town in Durham Region.
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Whitchurch-Stouffville
Whitchurch–Stouffville (2016 population 45,837) is a municipality in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, approximately 50 kilometres north of downtown Toronto, and 55 kilometres north-east of Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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York County, Ontario
York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario.
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York–Durham Heritage Railway
The York–Durham Heritage Railway is a heritage railway in York Region and Durham Region, Ontario, north of Toronto.
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Zerah Colburn (locomotive designer)
Zerah Colburn (January 13, 1832 – April 26, 1870) was an American engineer specialising in steam locomotive design, technical journalist and publisher.
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0-6-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a wheel arrangement refers to a locomotive with two engine units mounted under a rigid locomotive frame, with the front engine unit pivoting and each engine unit with six coupled driving wheels without any leading or trailing wheels.
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4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.
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4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the configuration of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_and_Nipissing_Railway
