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    The Toronto Railway Company (TRC) was the operator of the streetcar system in Toronto between 1891 and 1921. It electrified the horsecar system it inherited...
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  • High Park and Toronto Street Railway Company was incorporated in 1890, and changed its name to the City and Suburban Electric Railway Company the next year...
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    the Toronto Railway Company. The company was created by merging four Toronto-area interurban operations. The company was part of the empire of railway entrepreneurs...
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    from 1861 to 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its successor, the Toronto Railway Company, inherited the horsecar system and electrified it between 1892...
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    Toronto-gauge railways are tram and rapid transit lines built to Toronto gauge, a broad gauge of 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm). This is 2+3⁄8 in (60 mm) wider...
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    of the city that the private operator Toronto Railway Company refused to serve. When the Toronto Railway Company's franchise expired in 1921, its services...
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    new company, the Toronto Railway Company on September 1, 1891 for another thirty years under James Ross and William Mackenzie. The Toronto Railway Company...
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    including the Grand River Railway, the Toronto Railway Company and Toronto Civic Railways (the predecessors of today's Toronto Transit Commission), and...
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    transit franchise to the Toronto Railway Company. The public transit system passed into public ownership in 1921 as the Toronto Transportation Commission...
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    TMER Toronto & York Radial Railway Toronto Ferry Company TCR Toronto Transportation Commission Toronto Transit Commission Williams Omnibus Line Toronto Street...
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    Toronto Railway Company for 30 years. Outside of the city there were a number of other operators, including: Toronto and York Radial Railway Toronto Suburban...
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    The Metropolitan line in the Toronto area, operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway, started out as a local horsecar line and transformed itself into...
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    TTC were: Toronto Street Railway (1861–1891) Toronto Railway Company (1891–1921) Toronto Civic Railways (1911–1921) In 1861, the City of Toronto issued a...
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  • Railway Toronto Suburban Railway Toronto Suburban Street Railway Toronto Terminals Railway Transcontinental Townsite Company United Counties Railway United...
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    Car 327 is a 1930s replica (built by Toronto Transportation Commission) of the original 1890s Toronto Railway Company vehicle 1975 GM New Look bus T6H 5307N...
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    Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company was established in August 1892 to provide street railway service to the Upper Beaches district...
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    The Toronto Railway Company Belt Line was a streetcar route that operated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The route was created by the Toronto Railway Company...
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  • The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (reporting mark THB) was a railway based in Hamilton that ran in Southern Ontario from 1892 to 1987. It never...
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    The company was incorporated on November 10, 1852, as the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada to build a railway line between Montreal and Toronto. The...
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    Bombardier CL-600 Toronto Terminal Railways – management team for Toronto's Union Station with Canadian National Railway. Trains portal Companies portal Canada...
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    his mentor James Ross, Mackenzie became owner of the Toronto Street Railway (precursor to the Toronto Transit Commission) in 1891 and in 1899, helped found...
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    Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (GRC&W) was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based in Gloucester, England from 1860 until 1986. Products...
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    Collingwood to Toronto. The plan for the railway was largely executed by Frederick Chase Capreol who was fired as manager of the company the day before...
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    Station is a major railway station and intermodal transportation hub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is located in downtown Toronto, on Front Street...
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    commuter streetcars going as far west as Port Credit. In 1895, Toronto Railway Company (forerunner of the TTC) built the Roncesvalles streetcar yards...
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    The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company was incorporated in 1890, and operated the Mimico radial line in the Toronto area. The line started...
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  • incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and...
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    British Empire. Each hotel was originally built by the Canadian railway companies, or the railways acted as a catalyst for the hotel's construction. The hotels...
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    CN Tower (redirect from Toronto Tower)
    observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. Its name "CN"...
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    The Toronto Eastern Railway, or Toronto and Eastern Railway, is a noted "ghost railroad" in southern Ontario, Canada. It was part of William Mackenzie's...
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