Post, Freight and Carriers

Where do the freight trains that run through newmarket ontario Canada go?

I want to know where the freights that run through newmarket and mount albert, go to or come from? Where is the junction that all these freight trains stop at? Thanks!

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1. The thing with freight trains is that you can't tell where they all stop because unlike passenger trains, they go anywhere at anytime. (Hence why you have to be alert at railroad crossings). Now, Canada has two national freight railroads and a bunch of smaller ones that only have a small number of trains. More than likely, the two railroad lines your asking about belong to either Canadian Pacific, or Canadian National. To most, the only difference is the engines (there are others if you know what to look for); Canadian Pacific (CP) has mostly red engines. Canadian National (CN) have mostly black engines. As to where these railroad tracks go.. The only answer I can give you is that they go across the country. CP and CN are national railways, so the move things from one side of the country to the other (sometimes into the states too). From looking at google maps, the two lines appear to go south toward Toronto. From there, they can pass through Toronto, Mississauga, Richmond hill, Markham, Brampton (just to name the larger cities) and continue in either direction along Lake Ontario. Going through cities and towns; some end up going toward Quebec, Niagara Falls and/or Windsor. As for the trains going north through Newmarket; they too have a number of ways they can go. I followed a line that appears to go back southwest (after Barrie) and might head toward Niagara. The line also keeps going north. The west country trains pass through to Sudbury, then goes west to the rest of the country. I believe there is a way for the trains to go east as well. The Mount Albert line goes north and roughly follows Highway 11 up to North Bay. From North Bay, the trains an go either east or west, and there are tracks heading into farther north into Northern Ontario. With two National Railroads, there are two sets of tracks through major stops (Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver, etc). One company normally does not use the others tracks, so they have there own to get where they need to go. The only way to tell which of the two ones the railroad tracks without having a freight train there to check (they both rent there tracks to others such as Via Rail and Go Transit) is to look at the railroad crossing gates. The gates look exactly the same, but you will notice on the control box somewhere near by there will be the crossing number. This number should have the initials of the company that owns it. (This is normally in black lettering on the silver/grey parts).