Canadian Railroads > Canadian Rail Ferries

How many Canadian locations still need rail ferries as the primary means of interchanging rail cars?

I am aware of three locations in BC:
- Nanaimo BC (for the Vancouver Island rail network)
- Crofton BC
- Port Mellon BC

As well as one in the East:
- Baie-Comeau QC 

I know there are also rail ferry facilities at Pointe-Noire for the QNS&L/Arnaud etc, but as far as I am aware those railroads don't routinely interchange rail traffic with the rest of the N.American network.

Are there any others still operating?

Magellan

P.S. I didn't count the controversial Bayside Canadian Railway in New Brunswick, as it doesn't actually interchange rail cars.

What about the rail barge service from Prince Rupert  that transports cars to Alaska?  There is also
barge service from Seattle--which does bypass Canada--but the Prince Rupert route makes for a
much shorter marine voyage...

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

LKeithR Wrote:
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> What about the rail barge service from Prince
> Rupert  that transports cars to Alaska?  There
> is also
> barge service from Seattle--which does bypass
> Canada--but the Prince Rupert route makes for a
> much shorter marine voyage...

If you mean the CN Aquatrain, it's over. Ended in April 2021.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatrain

And the rail barge from Seattle to Whittier does not make any stops enroute.

Magellan13 Wrote:
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>
> As well as one in the East:
> - Baie-Comeau QC 
>
> I know there are also rail ferry facilities at
> Pointe-Noire for the QNS&L/Arnaud etc, but as far
> as I am aware those railroads don't routinely
> interchange rail traffic with the rest of the
> N.American network.

I'm pretty sure you're correct that there's no interchange service with the Quebec ore lines.  However, the same vessel that serves Baie-Comeau is used for equipment moves for those line.

Are the Detroit River floats all gone now?

Dave
 

PHall Wrote:
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> And the rail barge from Seattle to Whittier does
> not make any stops enroute.

fixed it.

Geez....that's too bad! I caught it to my surprise on May 10, 2018. The tug is the Nicole Foss.

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DavidP Wrote:
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> Are the Detroit River floats all gone now?

Believe they all ended in 1994...

JG

arwye Wrote:
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> Geez....that's too bad! I caught it to my surprise
> on May 10, 2018. The tug is the Nicole Foss.

I notice the single well car with a sea can in that cut of cars off to the right. Were/are single containers shipped to Alaska in this way?