Ottawa Central Railway

Route:: Federal - Nepean - Pembroke, ON (83.2 miles); Nepean - Carp, ON - end of track (25.7 miles); Wass - Walkley Yard - Hawthorne, ON; Hawthorne - Glen Robertson, ON - De Beaujeu, PQ (65.2 miles) - via trackage rights on VIA Rail; De Beaujeu - Coteau, PQ (7.5 miles) - via trackage rights on CN; Glen Robertson - Hawkesbury, ON (20.9 miles)
Headquarters:: Walkley Yard, Ottawa, ON
Junctions with other railroads:: CN: Coteau, PQ; CP: De Beaujeu, PQ; RLK: Pembroke, ON
Radio frequencies:: 160.635
History:: Acquired Federal-Pembroke, Nepean-Carp and Wass-Hawthorne lines from CN and commenced service on December 13, 1998.; Operations of Ontario L'Original Railway merged into OCRR in early 2001.
Ownership:: Quebec Railway Corp.
Roster:

Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/N	B/D	F/N	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
1815	MLW	RS-18u	81617	5/1957		ex-CP 1815; nee CP 8742	1998	-	in service
1824	MLW	RS-18u	82472	6/1958		ex-CP 1824; nee CP 8791	1998	-	in service
1828	MLW	RS-18u	82474	7/1958		ex-CP 1828; nee CP 8793	1998	-	in service
(1829)	MLW	RS-18u	82455	5/1958		ex-NBEC (1829); ex-CP 1829; nee CP 8774	2001	n/a	acquired for parts
NBEC 1834	MLW	RS-18u	82457	5/1958		ex-CP 1834; nee CP 8776	2003	-	in service
1838	MLW	RS-18u	81611	4/1957		ex-CP 1838; nee CP 8736	1998	-	in service
1842	MLW	RS-18u	82145	8/1957		ex-CP 1842; nee CN 3634	1998	-	in service
1846	MLW	RS-18u	81608	3/1957		ex-QGRY 1846; ex-CP 1846; nee CP 8733	2001	-	in service
NBEC 1851	MLW	RS-18u	81612	4/1957		ex-CP 1851; nee CP 8737	2003	-	in service
1865	MLW	RS-18u	81618	5/1957		ex-CP 1865; nee CP 8743	1998	-	in service
3569	MLW	M-420W	M6092-10	1977		ex-SLQ 3569; ex-CN 3569; nee CN 2569:1	2003	2003	acquired for parts (engine installed in OCRR 1824); to Canadian Railway Museum (Saint-Constant, PQ), 2003
4204	MLW	C-424	84842	3/1965		nee CP 4204	1998	-	in service
(4234)	MLW	C-424	M3436-02	12/1965		ex-(D) A. Merrilees; nee CP 4234	2001	n/a	acquired for parts; scrapped, 2004
(4238)	MLW	C-424	M3436-06	12/1965		ex-NBEC (4238); nee CP 4238	2001	n/a	acquired for parts; scrapped, 2004

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Last updated: July 29, 2004

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