Torch River Rail

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Torch River Rail
Overview
Headquarters Choiceland, Saskatchewan
Locale Saskatchewan
Dates of operation2008 (2008)
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

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former line to Meath Park and
on to Carlton Trail Railway
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Choiceland
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White Fox
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Saskatchewan River
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Nipawin
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CPKC track

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]

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 Canadian Pacific Kansas City at Nipawin.

References

  1. "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.
  2. Saskatchewan Railway Network 2010