It is important to note that the first railway to actually run trains was the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Ry. whose first passenegr train ran from Toronto Canada West on May 16, 1853 north to Machell's Corners, later known as Aurora.?
Union Co. Originally chartered 1850?as Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Rail-road Union Co. (Soon changed to OS&H Ry. Nick-named Oats, Straw and Hay).
.It soon became Northern Ry. Co of Canada later still Grand Trunk Ry. Co. of Canada??and eventually Canadian National Rys.?
Much of the line still remains today and is used by GO trains from Toronto to Orillia.?
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R.L.Kennedy