Electrification of Schomberg and Aurora Railway

The Schomberg and Aurora Ry., a subsidiary of the Toronto and York Radial Ry., is being electrified. It is 15 miles long, extending from Schomberg, Ont., to a junction with the T. & Y.R.R. at Yonge St., near Bond Lake, about 4 miles south of Aurora, and has been operated by steam power. The rolling stock consists of a steam locomotive, 2 passenger cars and 15 flat cars.

The S. & A.R. Co. was incorporated by the Dominion Government in 1896 to build and operate a line from a point on the G.T.R. Toronto-North Bay line, between King and Newmarket, to or near Schomberg. This power was exercised shortly after and the line constructed. The Dominion Parliament in 1900 further empowered the company to extend its line southeasterly to Oshawa, and northwesterly through Shelburne to Durham, but this was never proceeded with. The latter act also gave the company power to enter into an agreement with the T. & Y.R.R. (then the Metropolitan Ry.), to covey or lease its line. In 1904 the T. & Y.R.R. purchased the line.

The electrification will be similar to that of the T. & Y.R.R., for which it will form a feeder. The trolley will be a 4-0 round copper wire, with a 4-0 feeder. Power will be delivered to the line at the line voltage of 600 volts from the Bond Lake substation. T. & Y.R.R. rolling stock will be used. The work is being done by the T. & Y.R.R. line crew in its spare time, no extra forces being employed on the work.

Railways: G.T.Ry., Met.Ry., S. & A.Ry. , T. & Y.Rad.Ry.

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