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The Ottawa Central Railway is a Canadian short-line railroad subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway. The headquarters are at the Walkley Yard, 3141 Albion Road South, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OCRR was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation (QCR). It consisted of former CN subdivisions, and operated between Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, at an interchange with the CN Montreal-Toronto main line, to Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario. The OCRR started operations on December 13, 1998, and two years later, QRC acquired the assets of Ontario L'Orignal Railway from Rail America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ottawa Central Railway Inc. )〕 The OCRR consisted of of track and spurs: of main line between Ottawa and Pembroke, and of the former Ontario L’Orignal Railway (OLO) between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury. It also had of running rights between Ottawa and Coteau on track owned by Via Rail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ottawa Central Railway Overview ) 〕 Major commodities carried by the OCRR included newsprint, salt, medium-density fibreboard, linerboard, forest products, pulp, gasoline, lumber and board, wire rod, billets and scrap.〔 ==CN purchase== On November 3, 2008, Canadian National Railway announced that it was purchasing the OCRR and its sister companies Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe (CFMG), Compagnie de gestion de Matane (COGEMA), and the New Brunswick East Coast Railway (NBEC) for $49.8 million (CAD) from the Quebec Railway Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News Release: CN acquires three rail subsidiaries and ferry operation )〕 The CN announcement indicates that the reacquired rail lines will be integrated back into the CN network with no significant changes, other than introducing CN locomotives and rolling stock to train operations. CN also mentioned investing significant capital upgrades in the rail network for outstanding maintenance.〔 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「Ottawa Central Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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