Ottawa Central RS-18 Cab Ride

Video from a quick cab ride in one of Ottawa Central's RS-18's at Walkley Yard in Ottawa Ont. The locomotive ran back and forth on the old bypass around the yard. Ottawa Central hosted an open house for the public to see trains upclose. May 3rd 2008 *UPDATE* Canadian National has bought the shortline railways that Quebec Railway Corp. operated, in addition to a freight-ferry operation it held a minor interest in, for $49.8-million. Ottawa Central was one of these properties. The OCR ran between Coteau, Que., where it interchanged with CN, and Pembroke, Ont. It also served Hawkesbury, Ont. Between Coteau and Ottawa, the OCR operated over VIA Rail trackage. Major commodities carried by the OCR included newsprint, salt, forest products, steel wire rod and billets. OCRR was an all-Alco road. Running MLW RS-18's. All these locomotives are now deemed surplus and a couple have been waybilled for Chicago. To certain scrap. CN's acquisition of Ottawa Central has come under scrutiny as the original transcontinental mainline through Algonquin Park has been abandoned between Pembroke and Capreol. Would CN build a connection with Rail America east of Pembroke to the old CP mainline? Since 1995, CN has regretted abandoning the old transcon due to significant delays through Toronto. It took three crews to get a train through the Ottawa Valley where it take 5 crews just to get a train from MTL to TOR to Parry Sound, then Capreol.



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