On 31 Dec 2016 13:31:27 -0500, tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon)   
   wrote:   
      
   >We were driving west on Highway 138 in Quebec about a week ago, maybe   
   >20 minutes east of Mont Sainte Anne, and saw something very odd -- a   
   >convoy of 4 heavy haul trucks each carrying a brand-new (or newly   
   >repainted), short hopper car with CN markings.   
   >   
   >There's a rail line that goes as far as La Malbaie, and supposedly it   
   >does have freight customers, but it's not used in the winter.  Aside from   
   >that, is there any rail on the north shore of the St. Lawrence east of   
   >Quebec City at all?   
   >   
   >I'm at a bit of a loss where these could have been going, and why.   
      
   There is the ore mine railroad serving a mine in Labrador with a   
   terminus at Sept Iles.   
      
   Clark Morris   
   >   
   >Anyone have any ideas?   
      
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