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Cartier Railway
The Cartier Railway (formerly CFC and QCM) is a privately owned railway that operates of track in the Canadian province of Québec. It is operated by the Cartier Railway Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcelor Mittal, formerly Québec Cartier Mining Company. The railway connects the company's huge iron ore mine at Mont-Wright in Northeastern Québec with the company's processing plant and port at Port-Cartier, formerly Shelter Bay, which is located on the northern banks of the St. Lawrence River. The Cartier Railway has 26 locomotives, over 950 ore cars, 300 utility cars, and various other pieces of maintenance equipment. The railway, along with other Northeastern Québec railways, including the Tshiuetin Rail Transportation line, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway and the Arnaud Railway is completely isolated from any other railway network in North America. Although the other railways connect to each other, they do not have any direct connections to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matane, Quebec
Matane is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. In addition to Matane itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane. There is a ferry service which crosses the river to Baie-Comeau and Godbout on the north shore as well as a rail ferry service to Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles. Etymology The name Matane was first assigned to the river by Samuel de Champlain as "''Mantanne''" in 1603. Its meaning is open to different interpretations, with the most common one being that it comes from the Mi'kmaq word ''mtctan'' meaning "beaver pond", since the region had an abundant beaver population. It could also be a Maliseet word for "spinal cord", referring to the course of the Matane River; or from the word ''Mattawa''/''Matawin'', meaning "meeting of the waters". Finally, it could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Lac Caotibi
The Grand lac Caotibi is a lake in Quebec, Canada. Location The Grand lac Caotibi is on the northern slope of the Gulf of St. Lawrence basin about northwest of Sept-Îles. It is in the Duplessis tourist region of Côte-Nord. The lake is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Walker, Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Quebec. As of November 2021 the Commission de toponymie of Quebec had not determined the origin or meaning of the name. Hydrology The Grand lac Caotibi is elongated, in a north-south direction, with a western portion connected to the main lake by a channel. Lac Arthur empties into Grand lac Caotibi, which in turn drains north through Petit lac Caotibi into the Northeast Toulnustouc River. Land use The Cartier Railway runs along the east of the lake, between it and Lac Arthur further to the east. The line runs from Port-Cartier on the Gulf of St. Lawrence north past Petit lac Manicouagan to the Mont Wright mine, southwest of Labrador City Labrador C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bourgeois (Pentecôte)
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Valilée
Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is ''Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infested. Thousands of lac insects colonize the branches of the host trees and secrete the resinous pigment. The coated branches of the host trees are cut and harvested as sticklac. The harvested sticklac is crushed and sieved to remove impurities. The sieved material is then repeatedly washed to remove insect parts and other material. The resulting product is known as seedlac. The prefix ''seed'' refers to its pellet shape. Seedlac, which still contains 3–5% impurity, is processed into shellac by heat treatment or solvent extraction. The leading producer of lac is Jharkhand, followed by the Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states of India. Lac production is also found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, parts of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Walker National Park
Lake Walker National Park (french: Parc national du Lac Walker) is a proposed national park in the province of Quebec, Canada, centered on the long Lake Walker. Location The proposed park is in a region of taiga in the center of the Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve. It is about from the town of Port-Cartier. It would cover an area of in the Côte-Nord administrative region. Environment The region has high hills cut by deep glacial valleys running between rocky escarpments. There are many streams and lakes of all sizes in the territory, including the Schmon, Gravel, Pasteur and MacDonald rivers, which meander through wide glacial valleys. Lake Walker is long and resembles a fjord. In places the cliffs along the lakeside are over high, and in places it is deep, making it the deepest lake in Quebec. Other attractions of the park would be the Lake Larry Old Growth Forest and the MacDonald and Cody Falls. Process The Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDonald River (Côte-Nord)
The MacDonald River (french: Rivière MacDonald) is a river in Quebec, Canada, to the north of the lower Saint Lawrence River. It is known for its dramatic cascade, the ''Chute MacDonald''. Location The MacDonald River is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Walker, Quebec, Lac-Walker in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality of the Côte-Nord administrative region of Quebec. The river is long. The MacDonald is one of the main tributaries of the Aux Rochers River, the others being the Pasteur River (Quebec), Pasteur, Gravel River (Quebec), Gravel and Schmon River, Schmon. The river forms to the north of Lake Valilée from streams draining Lake des Deux Crétes, Lake Chemin de Fer and smaller water bodies. The lower portion of the river flows through the proposed Lake Walker National Park from the point where it converges with the Ronald River. From there it flows south and then east for to the northern end of Lake Quatre Lieues, and continues east to join the Aux Rochers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Quatre Lieues
Lake Quatre Lieues (french: Lac Quatre Lieues; Four-League Lake) is a lake in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is set in a wilderness area and may be used for relaxation, fishing or hunting. Name The name ''Quatre Lieues'' refers to the location of the lake, which is four leagues, or to the west of Shelter Bay, Quebec. Location Lake Quatre Lieues is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Walker in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality of the Côte-Nord administrative region of Quebec. It is in the extreme south of the proposed Lake Walker National Park. The MacDonald River flows through the northern end of Lake Quatre Lieues and continues east to join the Aux Rochers River to the south of Lake Walker. The lake is about above sea level. The northern part of the lake is long and wide. It lies in a slender lacustrine basin long by wide with bays and sandbanks, an extension of the Lake Walker basin. The surrounding terraces are formed of sandy materials of deltaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aux Rochers River
Aux Rochers River (french: Rivière aux Rochers; Rocky River), is a river in Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. It drains an area of . It is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Description The Aux Rochers River is in Port-Cartier, Sept-Rivières. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the town of Port-Cartier. One of its tributaries, the Gravel River, is sometimes also called the Aux Rochers River. The Gravel flows south to the long Lake Walker. The Aux Rochers River proper leaves the south end of Lake Walker and flows southeast for a further . The river is hard to navigate due to a strong current. It also contains many rocks, hence its name. Some of the smaller rocks move to different places in the river each year. The lower river valley is used by southern section of the Cartier Railway, which then runs along the east shore of Lake Quatre Lieues before following the valley of the MacDonald River, a tributary of the Aux Rochers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centralized Traffic Control
Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America. CTC consolidates train routing decisions that were previously carried out by local signal operators or the train crews themselves. The system consists of a centralized train dispatcher's office that controls railroad interlockings and traffic flows in portions of the rail system designated as CTC territory. One hallmark of CTC is a control panel with a graphical depiction of the railroad. On this panel, the dispatcher can keep track of trains' locations across the territory that the dispatcher controls. Larger railroads may have multiple dispatcher's offices and even multiple dispatchers for each operating division. These offices are usually located near the busiest yards or stations, and their operational qualities can be compared to air traffic towers. Background Key to the concept of CTC is the notion of ''traffic control'' as it applies to railroads. Trains moving in opposite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flange
A flange is a protruded ridge, lip or rim (wheel), rim, either external or internal, that serves to increase shear strength, strength (as the flange of an iron beam (structure), beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam); for easy attachment/transfer of contact force with another object (as the flange on the end of a pipe (fluid conveyance), pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera); or for stabilizing and guiding the movements of a machine or its parts (as the inside flange of a railroad car, rail car or tram train wheel, wheel, which keep the wheels from derailment, running off the rail profile, rails). Flanges are often attached using bolts in the pattern of a bolt circle. The term "flange" is also used for a kind of tool used to form flanges. Plumbing or piping A flange can also be a plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe (for example, a closet flange). A blind flange is a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
