Aapproximate timeline edit
- 1802 Blenkinsop cog railway
- 1836 Festiniog Railway opens horse drawn and gravity operation - very narrow gauge
- 18?? George Laidlaw advertises regarding cheap railways
- 18?? Carl Abraham Pihl answers advertisement
- 1863 Festiniog Railway steam operation and bogie locomotive
- 1865 Queensland Railways opened
- 1868 Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway chartered
- 1868 Toronto and Nipissing Railway chartered
- 1871 Toronto and Nipissing Railway opened