End of the line. Orangeville Brampton Mississauga railway scrapped скачать в хорошем качестве

End of the line. Orangeville Brampton Mississauga railway scrapped

End of the line. Literally. Orangeville’s railway, is being chopped up for scrap. The Orangeville Railway begin in 1870. It helped found the town and contributed to Orangeville becoming the regional economic and political centre of the region, north west of Toronto. When CP rail decided to close smaller rail lines to focus on other business sectors, our town bought the line. It stretched 55km (34 miles) from Mississauga, through Brampton and Caledon to Orangeville. As mayor, and as president of the railway (ORDC or Orangeville Railway Development Corporation, the overseer of OBRAG or Orangevillle Brampton Railway Access Group)I had always championed the railway. Several initiatives I had worked on for some time, were to be introduced after the 2018 municipal election. Had I won, those initiatives would have turned the railway into a profitable endeavour, contributing money back to our town to lower taxes. Instead, a mayor and council were elected that sought to destroy what had been a crucial part of our industrial economy. Having several manufacturing industries that relied on the cheap, efficient and environmentally friendly freight handling of the railway, its loss will impact our area in a couple of ways. One, it will make our industries less efficient, eventually causing them to lose business from being less competitive. Two, our area roads will have to endure increased truck traffic. A single train can replace hundreds of trucks. More noise. More pollution. More expense maintaining area roads. Beyond the loss of the rails and the railway itself, the right of way, which will only become more valuable in time, is also planned to be sold off a piece at a time. I consider this a colossal blunder of enormous proportions. A day will come when we will once again use this travel corridor, for commuters or commerce. But by then, only fragments will remain and it will be much more difficult to rebuild. It’s a sad day for our area and for short line railways. Orangeville Railway 1870-2022