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Iron Road Railways Incorporated (IRR) was a railroad holding company which owned several short line railroads in the U.S. state of Maine, as well as the Canadian provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. IRR was formed in 1994 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Its president was Robert T. Schmidt and officers included Benjamin F. Collins, John F. DePodesta, and Daniel Sabin.〔(Compilation of rail notices published by the US Department of Transportation between September 16 - 30, 1996 )〕 IRR owned the following subsidiaries: ==Subsidiaries== * Canadian American Railroad (CDAC) which operated between Brownville Junction, Maine and Lennoxville, Quebec. The line from Brownville Junction to Lennoxville was a former CP Rail mainline consisting of the Moosehead and Megantic subdivisions; at the time of acquisition it was operated by CP Rail as the Canadian Atlantic Railway. Operation was transferred by CP Rail to CDAC in early January 1995 and officially sold in March 1995. Canadian American Railroad was formed in 1994 as a joint venture by IRR (Alexandria, VA) and Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. (Kannapolis, NC); this joint venture lasted for 8 months in order to complete the acquisition of the former CP Rail property, at which time IRR purchased the interest of Fieldrest Cannon in CDAC to assume complete control. In 1996, CDAC was extended west by to Farnham, Quebec following purchase from CP Rail. At that time, CDAC received trackage rights from CP Rail over the remaining into Montreal. * Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) operated between Searsport, Maine to Madawaska, Maine with branches to Van Buren, Caribou, Presque Ile, Limestone and Houlton. Sale of the system was finalized in March 1995 through a joint venture by IRR (Alexandria, VA) and Fieldcrest Cannon Inc. (Kannapolis, NC); this joint venture lasted for 8 months in order to complete the acquisition of the BAR property, at which time IRR purchased the interest of Fieldrest Cannon in order to assume complete control. * Windsor and Hantsport Railway (WHR) which operated between Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia to New Minas, Nova Scotia with a branch from Windsor to Mantua. This was a portion of a former CP Rail subsidiary known as the Dominion Atlantic Railway. Sale of the system was completed on August 27, 1994. * Van Buren Bridge and Construction Company (VBB) which operated between Cyr Junction, New Brunswick (south of St. Leonard) to Grand Falls, New Brunswick. This was a portion of the former CP Rail Edmundston subdivision that used trackage rights over CN to access interchange with BAR at the Van Buren - St. Leonard railroad bridge. VBB leased the line in March 1994. * Quebec Southern Railway (QS) and Northern Vermont Railroad (NV), which operated between Brookport, Quebec and Wells River, Vermont. This was the former CP Rail Newport, Lyndonville and a portion of the Beebe subdivisions. Sale of the system was completed in September 1996 and extended service to the Vermont communities of Richford, Newport, St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville. * Iowa Northern Railway (IANR), which operates between Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Manly, Iowa. IANR was formed in 1980 by several grain elevator operators to maintain rail service over a former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line while that company entered bankruptcy. The line was purchased by IANR in 1984 and the company was purchased by Iron Road Railways in 1994. 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「Iron Road Railways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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