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Originally Posted by GoTrans
Personally I would have the Northlander originate in Timmins and the Polar Bear Express originate there too. The problem is that tracks would have to be relaid into Timmins and that might cause a severe impact on the economy of Cochrane. The only other option would be to construct new track so that the train passes through Timmins on the way to Cochrane, which isn't going to happen.
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Originally Posted by GoTrans
In my opinion it would be better to have the Northlander originate in Timmins like it once did and move the Polar Bear Express to Timmins too. The problem is the layout of the ONR's route structure. Otherwise having the train service both Timmins and Cochrane duplicates mileage, time and expenses to get to Cochrane. Moving the Polar Bear Express to Timmins would impact the viability of the hotel in Cochrane's train station and the repair shops both owned by the ONR. When the ONR had 2 trains a day to Toronto, one from North Bay and one from Timmins, the trains were cycled through the shops in North Bay.
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Maybe the PBX keeps it's terminus in Cochrane. For the Northlander, rebuild to Timmins, but still keep the terminus in Cochrane as well.