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Ex Canadian American Railroad Boxcar
Now owned by (LW)
Reporting marks CDAC
Locale Maine-Quebec
Dates of operation 1994–2002
Predecessor Canadian Atlantic Railway
Successor Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway

Length 372 miles (599 km)
Headquarters Hermon, Maine

The Canadian American Railroad (reporting mark CDAC) was a railroad that operated between Brownville Junction, Maine and Lennoxville, Quebec. The railroad later expanded west to Farnham, Quebec and then St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec with running rights on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to Montreal, Quebec. CDAC was established in 1994 and operated as a railroad between 1995 and 2002. It was owned by transportation holding company Iron Road Railways.
For the remainder of the 1990s, CDAC was able to dramatically increase the amount of freight traffic handled from what CP had carried, largely due to aggressive marketing and customized service, particularly for the forestry industry.

After several years CDAC operations extended west from Lennoxville to a junction in Farnham, Quebec after Iron Road Railways purchased a former CP route in northern Vermont. CDAC trains also handled traffic from BAR and intermodal traffic from Saint John. The growth of intermodal traffic saw CDAC receive trackage rights over CP from Farnham to Montreal where trains terminated at Cote St. Luc Yard.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/18 09:54 by Fiftyfooter.

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A nice catch, thanks for the information.
John