Mackenzie Northern Railway

Mackenzie Northern Railway
RailLink Canada 1400, an EMD FP9Au at Waterloo, Ontario, October 7, 2003.
Overview
HeadquartersPeace River, Alberta
Reporting markRLGN
LocaleAlberta, Northwest Territories
Dates of operation1964–
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
The northern end of the railway in Hay River

The Mackenzie Northern Railway (reporting mark RLGN) is a 602-mile (969 km) Canadian railway operating in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.[1] It is the northernmost trackage of the contiguous North American railway network.[2] Since being purchased by CN in 2006,[3] the railway's mainline consists of the Slave Lake (Smith, AB - Winagami, AB),[4] Peace River (Winagami - Roma Jct., AB),[5] Manning (Roma Jct., - High Level, AB),[6] and the Meander River (High Level, AB - Hay River, NT)[7] subdivisions.

  1. ^ "Promoting Railway Safety In the Community". Railway Association of Canada. 2004-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  2. ^ "Northern Connections: A Multi-Modal Transportation Blueprint for the North" (PDF). Government of Yukon. February 2008. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  3. ^ "Fire slows rail service to Hay River". www.nnsl.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17.
  4. ^ "Slave Lake Subdivision" (PDF). 2007.
  5. ^ "Dawson Creek Subdivision" (PDF). 2007.
  6. ^ "Manning Subdivision" (PDF). 2007.
  7. ^ "Meander River Subdivision" (PDF). 2007.