Little Bear (train)
The Little Bear is the name for a mixed freight-passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario, Canada. The Little Bear transports passengers as well as supplies to locations between Cochrane and Moosonee and is particularly popular with canoeists and hunters; the train has a dedicated freight car for carrying canoes.
It operates Monday to Friday and connects Cochrane with Moosonee. During the summer months, the Polar Bear Express dedicated passenger train operates over the same route six days per week with no flag stops, whereas the Little Bear is a flag stop train.
The Polar Bear Express was expanded to a year-round service on June 5, 2007 after increased funding from the Government of Ontario to ONR was announced in March 2007. It resulted in the discontinuation of the Little Bear mixed freight-passenger service for a time but it was restarted.
Some of the numerous stops for the Little Bear mixed freight and passenger train include:
- Cochrane
- Fraserdale
- Otter Rapids
- Moose River
- Moosonee