Ex-Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler class D10h number 1057 at Ottawa - 1973 Kevin Day.

4 September 2013

Why Not Change the Name

Orangeville Ontario - We wonder how many local residents, let alone tourists, have ever heard of the Orangeville-Brampton Railway.
 
The shortline between Orangeville and Streetsville is owned by the Town of Orangeville and operated efficiently by Cando Contracting Ltd., having been acquired from CP Rail in 2000 after the national railway won the right to abandon its once-prosperous Toronto-Owen Sound service.
 
The shortline's major accomplishment has been the introduction of the Credit Valley Explorer, the tour train that operates between Orangeville and Snelgrove at the north end of Brampton.
 
Most of the trackage is on the former Credit Valley Railway, which reached Orangeville in December, 1879, and was later acquired by the CPR.
 
Assuming the historic name is available, why not use it?
 
Author unknown.

Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Canada