GuilfordRailSD45 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:36 am
GT = Grand Trunk (CN subsidiary for it's US properties) ... the SLR (Saint Lawrence & Atlantic, a G&W road) now runs over this route from Auburn, ME to Island Pond, VT (and ultimately onto Sherbrooke, QC as the St-Laurent et Atlantique Railroad / SLQ which is also G&W-owned)
QGYR = Quebec Gatineau Railway (a G&W road)
Further clarification, for those not familiar-- the Grand Trunk was an important CN predecessor road in the East. The
original GT main line ran from Portland through Auburn, Berlin NH, Island Pond VT and on to Montreal. Prior to the introduction of icebreakers this was a vital outlet for Canada when the St. Lawrence was frozen. This Portland-Montreal line is what's being referred to as the GT.
The Grand Trunk
Corporation still exists in the United States as the holding company for CN's properties south of the border: the Duluth Mesabi & Iron Range, Wisconsin Central, Illinois Central, Elgin Joliet & Eastern, Grand Trunk Western, Bessemer & Lake Erie. However the original Grand Trunk route
through New England was sold to G&W about 20 years ago.