Tshiuetin Rail Transportation

Tshiuetin
A train at Sept-Îles departing for Schefferville
Overview
Other name(s)North Wind
StatusActive
Owner
LocaleQuebec and Labrador
Coordinates53°04′04″N 66°12′11″W / 53.0676959°N 66.2031418°W / 53.0676959; -66.2031418
Termini
Websitewww.tshiuetin.net
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
OpenedDecember 1, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-01)
Technical
Track length217 km (135 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map

Schefferville
(SK)
Quebec
Labrador
Knob Lake Junction
(KL)
Redore Junction
(RD)
Howells River
Astray
(RY)
Menihek
(NK)
Faden
(FN)
Cavanagh
(AH)
Esker
(KS)
Sawbill
(SW)
Talzie
(AZ)
Shabo
(BO)
Emeril
(MR)
Ross Bay Junction to Labrador City
Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
[1]

Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. (reporting mark TSH, formerly TRT) is a rail company that owns and operates a 217-kilometre (135 mi) Canadian regional railway that stretches through the wilderness of western Labrador and northeastern Quebec.[2][3] It connects Emeril, Labrador with Schefferville, Quebec, on the interprovincial boundary. The company also operates a 356-kilometre (221 mi) railway that connects Sept-Îles, Quebec to Emeril.[2] The company is the first railway in North America owned and operated by Indigenous peoples,[4] specifically by the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John, the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, and the Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam.

  1. ^ "Rail Map". Tshiuetin Rail Transportation.
  2. ^ a b "Fact Sheet" (PDF). CCN Matthews. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ "IOC colours" (PDF). CCN Matthews. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. ^ Ellingson, Chloë (2020-07-06). "Commuting, and Confronting History, on a Remote Canadian Railway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-06.