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 .
6-531: The company was formed in 1993 by Groupe Jean Fournier Incorporated and 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
12-662: The Ocean , operates along the entire length of the NBEC's Newcastle Subdivision. On 3 November 2008 CN announced that it was purchasing the 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 (OCR) for $ 49.8 million (CAD) from the Quebec Railway Corporation. The CN announcement indicates that
18-409: The Ottawa Central Railway (OCRR) for $ 49.8 million (CAD) from the Quebec Railway Corporation. CN said that it planned to change little in the operations of the acquired lines, although the railroad said it intended to invest capital to upgrade the track it acquired, as well as replacing the locomotives with newer motive power. On the same date, Logistec Corporation announced that it was purchasing
24-709: The Sydney Coal Railway (SCR) from the Quebec Railway Corporation. New Brunswick East Coast Railway The New Brunswick East Coast Railway ( reporting mark NBEC ) was a railway that operated in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . It included 311 mi (501 km) of track of which 196 miles (315 km) were mainline between Campbellton and Pacific Junction near Moncton . Important spurs connected Dalhousie Junction and Dalhousie , Nepisiguit Junction and Brunswick Mines , and Nelson with Chatham . The mainline (and related spurs)
30-479: 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 the rail network for outstanding maintenance. This Canadian rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This New Brunswick –related article
36-591: Was formerly Canadian National Railway 's second mainline between Montreal and Moncton. Its entire route was built originally as the Intercolonial Railway of Canada . Established 19 January 1998, NBEC actually started operations in December 1997 and was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Société des chemins de fer du Québec (Quebec Railway Corporation). Via Rail 's Montreal - Halifax passenger train,
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