CBCNS - Nova Scotia

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MasonJar

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Matthyro

Matthyro

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A sign of the times eh Andrew. I wonder what frieght travelled between Sydney and Port Hawesbury other than from the mines in Sydney.
That is an interesting causeway between Cape Breton and Nova Scotia
 
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Let's hope they can reach a deal to keep the line running. Reading between the lines it sounds like the Nova Scotia Power has stopped using the RR for coal shipments. Perhaps threatening to close it is merely a ploy to get that business back.

I know nothing about Cape Breton rail.... are there other RRs there besides the CB&CS? Are they an independent company or are they owned by CN or CP I wonder?

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The CB&CS RR was created to take over CN abandonment of right-of-way in the region. Motive power in 1993 was ex-CN ALCO/MLW RS-18 and C630.

The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia’s mainline was once a secondary line owned by the Canadian National Railway. Canadian National placed the line on the selling block and it was purchased by Texas based RailTex Corporation in October of 1993.

The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway operates between Truro, on mainland Nova Scotia, where it interchanges with Canadian National’s mainline to Halifax, and Sydney, on Cape Breton Island, where it interchanges with the SYSCO (Sydney Steel) Railway and DEVCO (the Cape Breton Development Corporation Railway).

Major traffic sources include the coal traffic from DEVCO, heading for Nova Scotia Power’s coal fired generating stations at Point Tupper and Trenton. Steel traffic to and from the Sydney Steel Mill. The mill receives scrap iron in gondolas and ships rails in specially designed rail carriers. North Sydney is the loading point for container shipments to and from the province of Newfoundland.

The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway has 13 units on its roster; eight M630’s used for mainline power (2003, 2015, 2016, 2029, 2032, 2034, 2035, 2039) and five RS18’s used for yard and local service (3627, 3675, 3716, 3842, 3852). The railway has a contract with DEVCO for locomotive maintenance, and the work is performed about one mile east of Sydney, at DEVCO’s Victoria Junction Shops.

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The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway (CBNS) began operating between Truro and Sydney in October 1993. It is 245 miles long and carries about 27,000 carloads a year. Its major commodities are coal, woodpulp, chemicals, newsprint, SC paper, steel and rail.

The CBNS, owned by RailAmerica, interchanges with CN at Truro and with Cape Breton Development Corp. at Sydney.

http://domino-hq01.cn.ca/IT/Shortlines/SL_Static.nsf/0/547EBE23833B7AEB852566F9006E2B3B?OpenDocument
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http://www.daylightimages.com/trackside/cbcns1.html

http://www.nakina.net/cbns.html
 
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