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The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is a private Canadian regional railway that stretches through the wilderness of northeastern Quebec and western Labrador. It connects Labrador City, Labrador, with the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. QNSX is owned by Rail Enterprises Incorporated, an agent and unit of Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), and is no longer a common carrier. ==History== Built between 1951 and 1954, the QNSX originally connected the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River with the northern terminus at IOC's mining community of Schefferville, Quebec, a distance of . In 1958, the Wabush ore body near Labrador City was opened by both IOC and the Wabush Mining Company. QNSX built a line to serve these mines, running west from the Sept-Îles, Quebec-Schefferville, Quebec, main line at Emeril Junction, Labrador, to Carol Lake, Labrador, near Wabush, Labrador. Service on this branch began in 1960. At the same time, Wabush Mining Company built the relatively short Wabush Lake Railway from its mines at Labrador City to the QNSX connection at Wabush. QNSX hauls its own traffic from Carol Lake to IOC port facilities at Sept-Îles, Quebec. QNSX also hauls Wabush Lake Railway traffic from the interchange at Wabush to Arnaud Jct., Quebec, near Sept-Îles, where it interchanges to the Arnaud Railway, which then completes the journey around Sept-Îles Harbour to Wabush Mining Co. port facilities at Point Noire, Quebec. In the 1980s, economic conditions favoured the closing of the Schefferville mining operations in favour of iron ore deposits located further to the south near Wabush and most residents relocated to Labrador City. QNSX maintained subsidized passenger and freight service for local First Nations communities along this portion of its system, known as the Menihek Subdivision, until December 1, 2005, when it sold the Emeril Junction, Labrador-Schefferville, Quebec, rail line to Tshiuetin Rail Transportation for the sum of $1 CAD. QNSX still provides freight services however, transporting employee automobiles, various bulk mine materials, large equipment, and everyday supplies for Labrador City and the various maintenance of way camps. Currently, this railway, along with the Tshiuetin Rail Transportation line, Arnaud Railway, Wabush Lake Railway, and Bloom Lake Railway, forms an isolated railroad network, as it does not interchange with any other rail lines on the North American network. 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「Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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