Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia (CBNS)

Overview

The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway (CBNS) began operating between Truro and Sydney in October 1993. It is 245 miles long and carries about 30,000 carloads a year. Its major commodities are coal, woodpulp, chemicals, newsprint, SC paper, steel and rail. The CBNS, owned by RailAmerica, interchanges with CN at Truro and with the Sydney Coal Railway (SCR) at Sydney.

Company Information
	Owner
		Rail America, Inc. 5300 Broken Sound Blvd. NW Boca Raton, FL 33487
	President	Peter Touesnard - Regional Vice President, Northeast Phone: 902-229-6920
	Shortline Mailing Address
		P.O. box 2240 Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0
	General Manager
		Shannon Toner
		Phone:	902-752-3357 or 1-800-565-5715 ext. 229
		Email:	shannon.toner@railamerica.com
	Office Address
		121 King Street Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0
Trackage
	Location	Nova Scotia
	Mileage	245 miles
	Jurisdiction (Fed. / Prov.)	Provincial
Operation Start
	Date	October 1, 1993

Stations Served
This list is directly from the AAR Centralized Station Master (CSM) file. To update it, change the CSM. The Canadian National Railway Company does not guaranty or represent that such information is complete or up-to-date.
		Name	Prov. State	Stn 333	Interchange	SPLC	FSAC
	* * * *	Abercrombie Afton Alba Antigonish Avondale Boisedale Cross Point Gannon Georges River Gibbon No One Grand Narrows Havre Boucher James River Jefferson Leitches Creek Little Bras D'or Lorne Mckinnon Harbor Monastery New Glasgow North Sydney Orangedale Point Edward Port Hastings Port Hawkesbury River Denys Salmon River Stellarton Sydney Trenton Truro Tupper West River Westville	NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS	ABERCROMB AFTON ALBA ANTIGONIS AVONDALE BOISEDALE CROPT GANNON GEORIVER GIBNOONE GRANARROW HAVBOUCHE JAMRIVER JEFFERSON LEICREEK LITBRAD LORNE MCKHARBOR MONASTERY NEWGLASGO NSYDNEY ORANGEDAL PTEDWARD PTHASTING PTHAWKESB RIVDENYS SALRIVER STELLARTO SYDNEY TRENTON TRURO TUPPER WRIVER WESTVILLE	SCR SHOP CN	011528000 010566000 010207000 010596000 011124000 010016000 010017000 010008000 010012000 010077000 010022000 010510000 010581000 010080000 010083000 010010000 011055000 010420000 010683000 011558000 010091000 010209000 010081000 010268000 010260000 010216000 013222000 011000000 010002000 011560000 012230000 010122000 011511000 011032000	11955 11532 11246 11552 11576 11174 11183 11155 11164 11120 11198 11504 11564 11125 11134 11158 11748 11224 11526 11612 11138 11252 11127 11408 11406 11268 11786 11704 11110 11624 12900 11402 11766 11958
		* CN Revenue Stations    ** CP Revenue Stations    *** CN and CP Revenue Stations

Major Commodities
	Chemicals; Coal; Newsprint; SC paper; Woodpulp; Scrap