Iron Road forms two new subsidiaries. (Iron Road Railways forms Quebec Southern and Northern Vermont)(Brief Article)

From: Railway Age | Date: October 1, 1996 | Copyright information

Iron Road Railways has formed two new subsidiaries, the Quebec Southern and the Northern Vermont, to operate 244 miles of line it has acquired from the Canadian Pacific. The acquisition was completed Sept. 28.

The new mileage links Iron Road's existing system in Maine and eastern Canada directly to the Montreal area (through trackage rights) and to northern Vermont. It connects at Lennoxville Que., with Iron Road's Canadian American Railway, which itself connects with a...

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