The Ontario Southland Railway Inc. is an independently held short line operator. The company was founded in 1992 to purchase 17 miles of track from Canadian Pacific, which travels from Tillsonburg to Ingersoll, Ontario

Ingersoll, Ontario

Ingersoll is a town in Oxford County on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The nearest cities are Woodstock to the east and London to the west....

. In 2009, a second line was added, as 32 miles of CP track from Woodstock to St. Thomas, Ontario

St. Thomas, Ontario

St. Thomas is a city in southern , Ontario, Canada. It is the seat for Elgin County and gained its city charter on March 4, 1881.-History:...

 were integrated into the system. Additionally, Ontario Southland operates the Guelph Junction Railway

Guelph Junction Railway

The Guelph Junction Railway is the first railway in the Commonwealth of Nations to be owned by a municipality, the city of Guelph, Ontario. The only other is Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway.-History:...

 on behalf of the city of Guelph, Ontario

Guelph, Ontario

Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Waterloo and west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it...

, which municipally owns the line; however, GJR is reported as a separate entity.http://www.osrinc.ca/update/Main/main1.htm