The Ottawa Central Railway ( reporting mark OCRR ) was a Canadian short-line railroad subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway . The headquarters were at the Walkley Yard, 3141 Albion Road South, Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. 45°21′58″N 75°38′57″W / 45.36611°N 75.64917°W / 45.36611; -75.64917
5-758: The OCRR was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation (QCR). It consisted of former CN subdivisions, and operated between Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec , at an interchange with the CN Montreal-Toronto main line, to Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario . The OCRR started operations on December 13, 1998, and two years later, QRC acquired the assets of Ontario L'Orignal Railway from RailAmerica . The OCRR consisted of 198 km (123 mi) of track and spurs: 156 km (97 mi) of main line between Ottawa and Pembroke, on CN Beachburg Subdivision and 42 km (26 mi) of
10-596: A group of private investors. From 1993-2009, Quebec Railway Corporation purchased and operated several rail lines throughout eastern Canada. On 3 November 2008 CN announced that it was purchasing the New Brunswick East Coast Railway (NBEC) and its sister companies Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe (CFMG), Compagnie de gestion de Matane (COGEMA), and the Ottawa Central Railway (OCRR) for $ 49.8 million (CAD) from
15-503: The former Ontario L’Orignal Railway (OLO) between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury . It also had 138 km (86 mi) of running rights between Ottawa and Coteau on track owned by Via Rail . Major commodities carried by the OCRR included newsprint, salt, medium-density fibreboard, linerboard, forest products, pulp, gasoline, lumber and board, wire rod, billets and scrap. On November 3, 2008, Canadian National Railway announced that it
20-499: The rail network for outstanding maintenance. Quebec Railway Corporation The Société des chemins de fer du Québec ( SCFQ ), or Quebec Railway Corporation ( reporting mark QRC ) in English, is a former Canadian railway holding company that owned several short line railways in the provinces of Quebec , Ontario , New Brunswick and Nova Scotia . The company was formed in 1993 by Groupe Jean Fournier Incorporated and
25-661: Was purchasing the OCRR and its sister companies Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe (CFMG), Compagnie de gestion de Matane (COGEMA), and the New Brunswick East Coast Railway (NBEC) for $ 49.8 million (CAD) from the Quebec Railway Corporation. The CN announcement indicated that the reacquired rail lines will be integrated back into the CN network with no significant changes, other than introducing CN locomotives and rolling stock to train operations. CN also mentioned investing significant capital upgrades in
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