Torch River Rail Explained

Torch River Rail
Headquarters:Choiceland, Saskatchewan
Locale:Saskatchewan

The Torch River Rail Inc is a Canadian short line railway company operating on trackage in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the former Canadian Pacific Railway White Fox subdivision, built in 1929, that runs from Nipawin, through White Fox, Love (no railroad siding anymore), Garrick (no siding anymore) to Choiceland.[1]

The Torch River Rail network consists of 45 km of its own trackage.[2] The railway also passes over the Crooked Bridge. From the crooked bridge, it interchanges cars with Canadian Pacific Kansas City at Nipawin.

Notes and References

  1. News: Investors, municipalities purchase Nipawin rail line A group of local investors and four municipal governments have bought a railway line in the Nipawin area . StarPhoenix . April 19, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109132308/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/business/story.html?id=a4d6a778-856c-4530-acd7-2ff02907ecf7. November 9, 2012.
  2. http://www.highways.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=333,328,81,1,Documents&MediaID=2592&Filename=railnetwork2010.pdf Saskatchewan Railway Network 2010