The Chemin de fer Arnaud, now Chemin de fer Arnaud Quebec (formerly ARND and CFA) (in English, the Arnaud Railway) is a private

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short line

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owned by Société ferroviaire et portuaire de Pointe-Noire (SFPPN) operating in the province of

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. Opened in 1965 by the Wabush Mining Company, which mines

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in Wabush, NL, the railway operates a line running around Sept-Îles Harbour from Arnaud Junction, on the

Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway 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 ...

to ship loading facilities at

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. The ore is transported from the mine to a connection with QNSL at Wabush, NL by Arnaud's sister railway, the

Wabush Lake Railway The Wabush Lake Railway (formerly WABL and NLCL) is a short line railway operating in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The railway was built in 1960 from the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway to Wabush, initially called t ...

. QNSL transports the ore between Wabush, NL and Arnaud Jct., QC. At Arnaud Jct., the ore is transferred to Chemin de fer Arnaud for the final journey to

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. In 2011,

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began control of operations on behalf of the owners under the name

Western Labrador Rail Services Western Labrador Rail Services, Inc. is a rail operation of Genesee & Wyoming Canada, Inc. created in 2010 by the combination of three short line railways: Arnaud Railway, Bloom Lake Railway, and Wabush Lake Railway. The operation provides ra ...

. The new operation encompasses the Arnaud Railway, Bloom Lake Railway, and

. Currently, this railway (along with the TSH line, QNSX, and WABL) form an isolated railroad network, as it does not directly interchange with any other rail lines on the

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n network at this time, aside from

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service via COGEMA to the

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port at

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Rail Lines of Northern Quebec

Rail Lines of Labrador
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaud Railway Quebec railways Industrial railways in Canada

Arnaud Railway The Chemin de fer Arnaud, now Chemin de fer Arnaud Quebec (formerly ARND and CFA) (in English, the Arnaud Railway) is a private Canadian short line railway owned by Société ferroviaire et portuaire de Pointe-Noire (SFPPN) operating in the pr ...

Railway companies established in 1965 Companies based in Quebec 1965 establishments in Quebec

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