Canadian American

Company History: CDAC was born from the 1995 breakup of CP Rails “Canadian Atlantic Railway” business unit. Iron Road Railways (who owned Bangor & Aroostook) bought the line from Brownville Junction, Maine (on the BAR) to Montreal, Quebec. The western end of the line from Lennoxville, Quebec to Montreal became the Quebec Southern while the rest became the Canadian American Railroad.

CDAC adopted a paint scheme reminiscent of Canadian Pacific’s pre-1967 scheme. In addition to a small fleet of EMD/GMD GP units, CDAC acquired a handful of ex-Amtrak F40PHs which they used for freight service. Alas, parent company Iron Road Railways ran into trouble and declared bankruptcy in 2002. During the reorganization, according to some reports, CDAC was merged into Bangor & Aroostook. In 2003, All Iron Road Railways lines were purchased by Ed Burkhardt’s Rail World and merged to become the ill-fated Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railroad.

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