Société des chemins de fer du Québec
The Société des chemins de fer du Québec, or Quebec Railway Corporation in English, is a former Canadian railway holding company that owned several short line railways in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The company was formed in 1993 by Groupe Jean Fournier Incorporated and a group of private investors.
Former subsidiaries
From 1993-2009, Quebec Railway Corporation purchased and operated several rail lines throughout eastern Canada.- Chemin de fer Charlevoix, operating between Quebec City and Clermont, Quebec in the Charlevoix region. Bought from CN by the QRC, it was the holding company's first subsidiary short line. Operations began in 1993. The section of the line between Quebec City and La Malbaie, Quebec was sold to Le Massif for a tourist train operation in April 2009 while the section east of La Malbaie to Clermont has been abandoned.
- Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, operating between Matapédia, Quebec and Gaspé, Quebec on the Gaspé Peninsula). Bought from CN by the QRC, with operations beginning in 1996, and subsequently sold in 2007 to the regional county municipalities it serves.
- Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe .
- New Brunswick East Coast Railway
- Ottawa Central Railway
- Ontario L'Orignal Railway
- Sydney Coal Railway
2008 divestment
CN said that it planned to change little in the operations of the acquired lines, although the railroad said it intended to invest capital to upgrade the track it acquired, as well as replacing the locomotives with newer motive power.
On the same date, Logistec Corporation announced that it was purchasing the Sydney Coal Railway from the Quebec Railway Corporation.