Central Maine & Quebec Railway
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The Central Maine and Québec Railway (reporting mark CMQ)[1] was a Class II freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec with headquarters in Bangor, Maine. It was owned by Railroad Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Group, LLC. It is now a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway since June 2020.
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Headquarters | Bangor, Maine |
Reporting mark | CMQ, VB, BAR, MMA |
Locale | Maine, Vermont, Quebec |
Dates of operation | May 2014 (2014-05)–June 4, 2020 (2020-06-04) |
Predecessor | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway |
Successor | Canadian Pacific Railway |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 481.01 miles (774.11 km) |
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Website | cmqrailway.com |
Its United States operations were named the Central Maine and Québec Railway US Incorporated with offices in New York, NY, and were registered with the Surface Transportation Board on February 14, 2014.[2]
Its Canadian operations were named the Central Maine and Québec Railway Canada Incorporated with offices in Sherbrooke, QC, and were registered with Revenue Québec on February 14, 2014.[3]