Torch River Rail
The Torch River Rail Inc is a Canadian short line railway company operating on trackage in Saskatchewan, Canada on the former Canadian Pacific Railway White Fox subdivision, built in 1929, that runs from Nipawin, through White Fox, Love (no railroad siding anymore), Garrick (no siding anymore) to Choiceland.[1]
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| Headquarters | Choiceland, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates of operation | 2008– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Torch River Rail network consists of 45 km of its own trackage.[2] The railway also passes over the Crooked Bridge. From the crooked bridge, it interchanges cars with CP Rail at Nipawin.
References
- "Investors, municipalities purchase Nipawin rail line A group of local investors and four municipal governments have bought a railway line in the Nipawin area". StarPhoenix. April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012.
- Saskatchewan Railway Network 2010
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