- Route:
- Victoria - Esquimalt - Nanaimo - Parksville - Courtenay, BC (139.7 miles)
- Parksville - Port Alberni, BC (37 miles)
- Headquarters:
- Wellcox Yard, Nanaimo, BC
- Junctions with other railroads:
- CP: via barge between Nanaimo and Tilbury (Delta), BC
- Radio frequencies:
- 160.185
- History:
- Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway incorporated on September 27, 1883.
- Railroad sold to CPR in 1905.
- Renamed E&N Railfreight in 1996.
- Port Alberni to Nanaimo section sold to (rest of line leased by) RailAmerica on September 22, 1998.
- Units 1001, 1002, 2796, 2813, & 3809 arrived at SRY (New Westminster) for service in late 1998.
- GP38 2813 arrived at Wellcox Yard on January 4, 1999.
- Service inaugurated on January 8, 1999.
- GP38s 2796 & 3809 arrived at Wellcox Yard on January 11, 1999.
- GP10 1001 arrived at Wellcox Yard on January xx, 1999.
- Service to Port Alberni suspended during 2001.
- Nov 29, 2001 - RailAmerica announced that freight service would end on Dec 31, 2001, with passenger service ending in March 2002.
- Freight and passenger service extended month by month while a plan to save the railway was formulated.
- By late 2002, negotiations between the Vancouver Island Railway Coalition, RailAmerica and CPR ensured that service would continue.
- Mar 7, 2003 - Vancouver Island Railway announced its plans to take over operations by July 2003. These plans did not materialize.
- Feb 2006 - Island Corridor Foundation acquired CP-owned portion (Victoria-Nanaimo & Parksville-Courtenay) of ENR.
- Mar 2006 - Island Corridor Foundation acquired RailAmerica-owned portion (Nanaimo-Parksville-Port Alberni) of ENR.
- Operations taken over by Southern Railway Vancouver Island (SRVI) on July 1, 2006. First day of service was July 4, 2006.
- Ownership:
- RailAmerica, acquired by Island Corridor Foundation in 2006.
- Roster:
|
|
