Caption: 60 or so years ago this was the Niagara, St Catharines and Toronto mainline - and interurban electrics and electric Freight motors would ply this mainline track at 50 MPH as this was the 'high speed' N&ST mainline. The N&ST was an amalgamation of steam built rights of way, electrified for interurban service, with some Streetcar franchises (as local feeders to the interurban lines) from Niagara Falls, St Catherines, Port Weller/Dalousie and down to Welland/Port Colborne. After the amalgamation, the Toronto portion of the N&ST was a ferry service over Lake Ontario, the railway never actually connected to Toronto directly. Sale to the Canadian Northern which became CN in 1922 brought us to the N&ST as one of CN's few "electric lines". While a good chunk of the &NST does not survive, the fact a large portion of it does is a testament to the railway builders who envisioned the transportation network in the 19th century.

If any readers have N&ST electric photos (even after disposition - the N&ST motors did go everywhere!) they would be most welcome - we have zero that I can tell!

Trillium once operated a tourist service (Geoff Elliott Photo) over this line 15 or so years ago, but it's a turkey trail now, all of 10-15 MPH. Trillium recently proposed bringing commuter services back.. contingent on funding, but if I was a betting man... I'd stare at Geoff's photo instead :)