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Shortlines
Bell-Gaz 114 Chemin de Fer de Lanaudiere (acq.3/93 ex CN 114 nee 8620) S-13
1000 hp MLW #83208 12/59
August 16,2008 St. Felix-de-Valois, Que.
This 8.6 mile (part of former CPR branch) shortline is owned by Bell-Gaz to
serve their propane gas distribution facility.
It connects at Joliette with Quebec-Gatineau which is the former CPR mainline
between Quebec City and Montreal.
Carlton Trail 1040 (OmniTRAX) GP10 (r/b IC 9078 GP9) EMD #20157 2/55
Prince Albert, SK May 9, 1998 Gordon J. Strathdee
Grand Forks 6703 ex CP
6703 SW8 800HP GMD A113 12/50 Jim Spurway
A "one horse" outfit operating 3.7 miles of CPR track in BC since
1993.
Great Western 2001 2000 acq. 4/01 thru NRE (D) from Cape Cod Central Gordon
J. Strathdee
MLW M6071-15 7/93 and M6071-23 9/73 nee CN 3522/2522 and CN 3514/2514
Only power for a prairie grain shortline on four former CPR subs. in Saskatchewan
that started up in September 2000.
Note: Two more identical units plus another M420 were added in later
years.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Quebec Iron & Titanium's seldom photographed isolated non-common carrier
ilmenite ore hauling railway.
Havre St.Pierre QC July 2006 Rod Bushway
Romaine River 39 (nee Cartier 4) GP9 GMD A1817 5/60 acquired 12/87 and
27 (ex QNS&L 139) GP9 A728 5/55 acq. 3/85 and remanufactured 1/94 by AMF
upgraded to 1800hp
Southern Manitoba 3536 ex CN 3536/2536 nee BBD
7000 HR412 BBD 5/82 Gordon J. Strathdee
Only unit works two ex CN subs. (Miami Sub. 102 miles and Hartney Sub. 42
miles) in Manitoba began August 22, 1999.
Owned by Tulare Valley a US shortline and operated by Cando Contracting.
Note: Abandoned and dismantled in 2008.
Southern Rails Co-Operative, Brandt Kenworth Roadrailer Gordon J. Strathdee
This prairie branchline operation on a former CN sub. in Saskatchewan has
never had any locomotives!
Thunder Rail 2004 MLW M-420R still in Providence
& Worcester 2004 paint scheme.
Note the trucks which came from retired units qualifying them as "rebuilt"
for importing into USA from Canada.
This is another one-horse outfit that operates 19 miles of the former CN Arborfield
Sub. effective Nov.1, 2005.
Arborfield, SK June 12, 2009 Gordon J. Strathdee
Wabush Lake 908 RS-18 DL-718B low-nose MLW #84826 4/65
Wabush Iron Company owns both the Arnaud in Quebec and Wabush Lake in Labrador.
They share a roster of 12 MLW RS-18's.
