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The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway is a 167-kilometre (102-mile) long industrial railway from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Waugh on Shoal Lake near Manitoba's eastern boundary in Canada. The railway was built between 1914 and 1916 to assist in the construction and maintenance of the aqueduct supplying fresh water to Winnipeg.〔Lacey, Peter. "The Muskeg Limited...The First 80 Years of the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway." (Friesen Printing, Ltd., 1994). ISBN 155056286X.〕 It is owned by Winnipeg's municipal government. == History == The railroad is located 110 feet south of the aqueduct linking Winnipeg to Shoal Lake.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 34.〕 After the aqueduct was completed in 1919, the railroad did not shut down.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 34.〕 Instead, the railroad started hauling timber for firewood and paper mills and gravel for construction.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 34.〕 In addition, the line began moving rock from various railroad-dug quarries along the line.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 34.〕 The railroad carried passenger traffic in its early years.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 36.〕 Passenger service was profitable into the early 1960s.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 36.〕 The railroad discontinued mixed trains, carrying both freight and passengers, in 1981 and today is freight-only.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 36.〕 Gravel trains were discontinued in 1992, when a concrete manufacturer, Supercrete, shut down its pit at Ross, Manitoba.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 36.〕 Recently, Winnipeg officials folded the railroad's operations into the city's Water and Waste Department.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 37.〕 As a result, the railroad has been assigned the task of maintaining and providing security for the aqueduct.〔''Trains'' magazine, March 2013, p. 37.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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