Sydney Coal Railway
Canadian railway line in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sydney Coal Railway (reporting mark SCR) is a Canadian short-line railway operating in the eastern part of Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia.
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Headquarters | Victoria Junction, Nova Scotia |
Reporting mark | SCR |
Locale | Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada |
Dates of operation | 2003ā |
Predecessor | Sydney and Louisburg Railway, Devco Railway |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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SCR operates from the international coaling piers on Sydney Harbour in Sydney to the Lingan Generating Station, a coal-fired electrical generating station near New Waterford. The railway's trackage, the piers, and the generating station are owned by Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of Emera Inc.