Canadian Railroading,hmmm,short cars, hmmm
Consider Ontario's Minnesota Border.CP,CN,DW&P,SOO
Paper industry in the falls fort francis area is huge.Iron ore mines in thunder bay.Logging galore.Interchange with american roads using the DW&P as a bridge line.The potential is mind boggling.Look up the Ontario Northland RR in the index of old MR's.that layout will give you an idea what i am talking about.
Also, the CP has trackage agreements with the BNSF for the mainline that runs west out of Duluth.