Drummond County Railway
| chemin de fer du comté de Drummond | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 1886–1899 |
| Successor | Intercolonial Railway Canadian National Railways |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Drummond County Railway (DCR), or chemin de fer du comté de Drummond, was a Canadian railway active from 1886 to 1899 based in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.
History
It was originally a local line for the timber industry. At its maximum expansion, it stretched from Lévis to Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. It connected with the Grand Trunk Railway at Saint-Hyacinthe. The DCR was purchased by the Canadian government in 1899 and integrated into the Intercolonial Railway's network. An earlier attempt to lease the company to the government was criticized as paying too much for the company to benefit financial backers of the party in power.[1]
The line's Drummondville station in Drummondville, built in 1904 after the federal government acquired the line, is listed in the Quebec government's Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec.[2][3][4][5]
Currently, the main line is still in operation. It is part of the Canadian National network and is also used by the trains of VIA Rail.[6] [7][8]
See also
References
- ^ Drummond county railway deal the scandalous agreement made by the Laurier Government: how an influential Liberal made a fortune and Tarte bought a newspaper: the deal would have been worse, by the Senate forced the government to alter it. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series; no. 27685. s.n. 1982 [1st pub. c. 1900]. ISBN 978-0-665-27685-9.
- ^ "Gare du CN-de-Drummondville - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec". www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 431701". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Boisvert, Jean-Pierre (2013-08-01). "Une gare sans personnel". L'Express (in French). Drummondville. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Drummondville, au temps du chemin de fer… en bois, raconte-moi l'histoire par André Pelchat". Vingt55 (in French). 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Blais, Ghislain (September 2006). Le Drummond County Railway : 1886-1900 (Thesis) (in French). Québec: Université Laval. p. 130. OCLC 1032987765.
- ^ Blais, Ghislain (Autumn 2015). "Le Drummond County Railway, 1886 à 1899" (PDF). Cap-aux-Diamants (in French) (123).
- ^ Lampron-Drolet, Kévin (28 January 2024). "Drummondville au cœur d'un réseau ferroviaire". Journal Express (in French).