| 词条 | Mackenzie Northern Railway |
| 释义 |
| railroad_name=Mackenzie Northern Railway | image = FP9Au RLGN 1400.jpg | caption = RailLink Canada 1400, an EMD FP9Au at Waterloo, Ontario, October 7, 2003. | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | locale=Alberta, Northwest Territories | start_year=1964 | end_year= | hq_city=Peace River, Alberta | marks=RLGN }} The Mackenzie Northern Railway {{reporting mark|RLGN}} is a {{convert|602|mi|km|adj=on}} Canadian railway operating in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.[1] It is the northernmost trackage of the contiguous North American railway network.[2] Since being purchased by CN in 2006, it has been officially known as the Meander Subdivision.[3] HistoryThe majority of the tracks which the Mackenzie Northern Railway uses were built by the federal government as the Great Slave Lake Railway, running from a point on the Northern Alberta Railways at Grimshaw, Alberta to the southern shores of Great Slave Lake at Hay River, Northwest Territories.[4] The undertaking started in 1961 with a proposal to Parliament, and the line opened in 1964.[5] This railroad was part of Lester B. Pearson's vision for the north,[5] and would facilitate shipment of lead-zinc ore from the Pine Point Mine.[4][5] The Great Slave Railway's operation was entrusted to Canadian National Railway in 1966, which had been operating the line on behalf of the federal government since it opened. A spur line continued east from Hay River along the south shore of Great Slave Lake to the mine at Pine Point. This section was abandoned in 1988 after the mine closed and ore concentrate shipments ceased.[4] The total mileage in the Northwest Territories from the border with Alberta to Hay River is approximately {{convert|80|mi|km}}. In 1981, CN purchased the other half of the Northern Alberta Railways from Canadian Pacific Railway,[6] allowing CN to operate continuously from Edmonton to Hay River. Sale to RailLink CanadaBetween November 1997 and May 1998 CN sold its lines running from Smith, Alberta, on the former NAR (north of Edmonton) to Peace River and Grimshaw and on to Hay River to a shortline operator, RailLink Canada.[7] RailLink Canada consolidated these lines under the name Mackenzie Northern Railway. RailLink Canada was subsequently purchased by RailAmerica, which operated the Mackenzie Northern Railway between Smith and Hay River. Commodities includes agriculture and forest products from northeastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories, as well as fuel and supplies destined for Arctic communities to be barged across Great Slave Lake and down the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea.[7] CN buys lines backOn January 19, 2006, CN announced the purchase from RailAmerica Inc. of the Mackenzie Northern Railway, the Lakeland & Waterways Railway, and the Central Western Railway (jointly known as RLGN/CWRL). CN came full circle by paying $26 million for the three northern Alberta rail lines it had sold nine years previously.[8] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.railcan.ca/sec_new/en_new_details.asp?newId=601 |title=Promoting Railway Safety In the Community |date=2004-09-07 |work=Railway Association of Canada |accessdate=2009-01-15 |archivedate=2009-01-15 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5dr2Z3RWG?url=http://www.railcan.ca/sec_new/en_new_details.asp?newId=601 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/pdf/northernconnections.pdf |title=Northern Connections: A Multi-Modal Transportation Blueprint for the North |date=February 2008 |publisher=Government of Yukon |accessdate=2009-01-15 |page=12 |archivedate=2009-01-15 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5dr2mAvJn?url=http://www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/pdf/northernconnections.pdf |deadurl=yes |df= }} 3. ^http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2012-07/jul23_12fre.html 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Wonders|first=William C.|title=Canada's Changing North|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|year=2003|pages=296|isbn=978-0-7735-2640-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHsyINzEEgEC&pg=PA296|accessdate=2009-01-15}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Chodos|first=Robert|title=The CPR: a Century of Corporate Welfare|publisher=James Lorimer & Company|year=1973|pages=39–40|isbn=978-0-88862-047-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMsB3hKHf5YC&pg=PA39|accessdate=2009-01-15}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Murray|first=Tom|title=Canadian National Railway: Canada's Transportation Icon, 1919-2004|publisher=MBI Publishing Company|year=2004|pages=107|isbn=978-0-7603-1764-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABGaSbL0vmQC&pg=PA107|accessdate=2009-01-18}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.nnsl.com/ops/rail.html |title=Rail service to Hay River |date=August 2003 |work=Northern News Service Online |accessdate=2009-01-15 |archivedate=2009-01-15 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5dr5BGLFF?url=http://www.nnsl.com/ops/rail.html |deadurl=yes |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060119005626&newsLang=en |title=CN purchases RailAmerica's Alberta short lines for C$26 million |work=Business Wire |publisher=CN |accessdate=2009-01-19 |archivedate=2009-01-19 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5dvxOXRm0?url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060119005626&newsLang=en |deadurl=yes |df= }} External links
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