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|  Clark F Morris to All  |
|  Re: Shiny new CN hopper cars eastbound o  |
|  03 Jan 17 12:33:18  |
 On 31 Dec 2016 13:31:27 -0500, tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) wrote: >We were driving west on Highway 138 in Quebec about a week ago, maybe >20 minutes east of Mont Sainte Anne, and saw something very odd -- a >convoy of 4 heavy haul trucks each carrying a brand-new (or newly >repainted), short hopper car with CN markings. > >There's a rail line that goes as far as La Malbaie, and supposedly it >does have freight customers, but it's not used in the winter. Aside from >that, is there any rail on the north shore of the St. Lawrence east of >Quebec City at all? > >I'm at a bit of a loss where these could have been going, and why. There is the ore mine railroad serving a mine in Labrador with a terminus at Sept Iles. Clark Morris > >Anyone have any ideas? --- SoupGate/W32 v1.03 * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1) |
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