British Columbia logging railroad shut down after 100 years

Written by Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; November 9, 2017

One of the last logging railroads in North America ended a century-long run Nov. 6 as Englewood Railway ceased operations on Vancouver Island off Canada’s West Coast.

“This announcement is consistent with the company’s ongoing efforts to reduce costs and strengthen its competitiveness,” said owner Western Forest Products, a publicly-held corporation headquartered in Vancouver. “Logs will be transported by truck at a lower cost to create efficiencies in the transportation of logs to its mills from northern Vancouver Island forestry operations.”

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