The Quebec Central Railway
The Quebec Central Railway
Location Map
The lines of and the territory served by the Quebec Central,
with subdivisions and foreign lines differentiated by colour.
Tring/Levis Subdivisions
- Vallee Subdivision
- Chaudiere/Beebe/Stanstead
Subdivisions
Quebec Central pages from Canadian Pacific Atlantic Region
operating timetable, April 30, 1972.
Abandonment dates are listed on the appropriate pages.
QCR in the Official Guide
The Quebec Central page from the November 1964 issue of
the Official Guide of the Railways.
(Passenger rail service ceased April 29th, 1967.)
Track
Layout, Newington Shops, 1914
Showing both old and new arrangement, from cover of September
1914 Canadian Railway & Marine World.
Shops were located at original mile 0.0 of QCR,
now 1.4 of Vallee Sub.
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Preferred Stock Share
Scanned image of preferred share issue dated 1882.
Image Album
Here is where will be found most of the photos depicting
the QCR. A sprinkling of other pictorial material showing
elements of the railway are also likely to be included.
Annual Passes
Direct link to the page of QCR passes, consisting
of 8 examples spanning the years 1877 to 1953.
Steam Locomotive Roster
Complete detailed list , incorporating data from
a variety of sources. [Window uses frames]
(Information is desired and welcomed as to which CPR locomotives were assigned, and over what period of time, to the Quebec Central after dieselisation.)
Offsite Links
Quebec Central Railway Traffic Rules and Regulations
The applicable Canada Transportation Act section, from Dept. of Justice web site.
No date is specifcally mentioned.
Quebec Central Transportation Company
An article prepared by and on the site(Old Time Trains) of R.L. Kennedy about the QC autobus service.
Quebec Central Railway
A more recent(June 2002) short history of the Quebec Central than the 1948 piece by Omer Lavallee(above),
also by R.L Kennedy.
Quebec Central Freight Car List
QCR data from Ian Cranstone's Canadian Freight Cars web site.
Based on information from Official Railway Equipment Registers, 1906 to 2001.
MUSÉE FERROVIAIRE sur la compagnie Quebec Central Railway
The Quebec Central Railway museum, located at Vallee-Jct.
For information and photos covering the Quebec Central since its purchase and revival by Express-Marco(J G Giguere) there are:
QuebecRail - SITE SHUT DOWN AS OF 12 APRIL 2003.
Covers entire Quebec City region, as well as the new Quebec Central. Creation of Erick Pelletier. Bilingual
bebabins's Community Page
Photos upon photos.
Trains Touristiques Haut-St-Francois
Operates excursions(scheduled and charter) using former QNS&L/VIA Budd cars; based at East Angus.
Trains Touristiques de Chaudière-Appalaches
Operates excursions(scheduled and charter) using conventional equipment; based at and maintains
a museum in the station at Vallée-Jct, Que.And, on Yahoo, there exists the QuebecCentral discussion list(moderated by B.E. Babin). The majority of postings are in French, but there is no objection to them being in English.
Radio communication frequency(as of June 2002), 148.135; 161.205 when communicating with CNR(Joffre).
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