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American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association; Old Time Trains Histories of Canadian Railways, past and present; CTA List of companies holding a Certificate of Fitness which is the legal authority to operate a Federal railway; Railway Atlas of Canada PDF route maps of operating railways, by provinces and cities.
The Intercity Electric Railway Industry in Canada University of Toronto Press 1966; Eagle J. A., The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896–1914. McGill-Queen's University Press 1989; R. B. Fleming; The Railway King of Canada: Sir William Mackenzie, 1849–1923 University of British Columbia Press, 1991
The Canadian National Railway Company [a] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
The line was originally built in 1910 as the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER), an interurban trolley service for passengers (until 1950s) as well as for freight such as farm produce. The railway was taken over by Crown corporation BC Hydro in 1961, and was known as the BC Hydro Railway. In 1988 Freight rights, rolling stock and Rails ...
A Class 92 hauled container freight train on the West Coast Main Line, United Kingdom A long grain train of the Union Pacific Railroad crossing a bridge in Washington state, United States Freight trains wait for departure in Zhengzhou, China. Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.
Until 2004 it operated as the third-largest railway in Canada, providing freight, passenger, and excursion rail services throughout BC on 2,320 km (1,440 mi) of mainline track. It also ran the Royal Hudson services, as well as the premier of British Columbia's private train. It was designated a Class II Railway until 2004.
The largest systems in the country were the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) lines such as: the Newfoundland Railway and others on the island of Newfoundland (969 mi or 1,559 km); Ontario's Toronto and Nipissing Railway and Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway (304 mi or 489 km); the Prince Edward Island Railway (280 mi or 450 km); and the New Brunswick Railway ...
Great Northern Railway of Canada: Maine Central Railroad: MEC: 1890 1925 N/A [2] Massawippi Valley Railway: B&M: 1862 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway: Matane and Gaspé Railway: 1902 1909 Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway: Matapedia Railway: 1997 1999 Matapedia and Gulf Railway: Missisquoi and Black ...