Category: Rail

Greater Ontario (New Ontario)

A pamphlet with train schedule information for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.

Rail delivery of mining machinery

Railcars at the Swastika station have hoists and boilers aboard. Until another branch of the T&NO was built to take these large pieces of mining machinery to Kirkland […]

Passenger Train on the T&NO Railway

A passenger train similar to the one Roza Brown worked on as a cook before she moved to Swastika.

Swastika Railway Station

The Swastika Railway Station was the starting point for many people in the early years of the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp. It was also where mine machinery and […]

Laying the Tracks North

The railway gangs building the railway worked seasonally. They were exposed to long hours of hard labour in the summer heat with many biting insects. Construction of the […]

Booklet for T&NO Railway to Northeastern Ontario

This booklet was created by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, a Crown corporation of the province of Ontario. Inside are glowing reviews of the rich farming land […]

T&NO steam train, ca. 1915