One of the North Bay waterfront’s treasured family attractions is closed until the end of the month after the miniature train went off its track. The derailment at Heritage Railway and Carousel Company on Memorial Drive happened Monday around 6:15 p.m., Treasurer Don Coutts told CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca in a phone interview Wednesday morning. No passengers or volunteers were injured in the incident, Coutts said. The company is waiting for an investigator from the Technical Safety and Standards Authority (TSSA) to visit the site and look into what happened. While currently open only on weekends, the attraction will be closed until an investigation takes place. The small Winter Wonderland carousel will open for the weekend May 24, weather permitting, Coutts said in an update Thursday. The train is expected to reopen for the weekend May 31 in time for the ’100 Years of Mining in North Bay’ activities in the area. Free rides on the carousel and train will be given that day due to a sponsorship by Ontario Northland. “It was the Ontario Northland paint shop that refurbished the diesel train in 2018 in the colours of the first Ontario Northland diesel train in the early 50s,” Coutts said. The gas train was refurbished in 2019 in the colours of the Polar Bear Express Train that runs from Cochrane to Moosonee. With files from CTVNorthern Ontario.ca journalist Eric Taschner
