by AmtrakFan
Who ownes the Ex-WC line in England that the Wisconsin Central Railroad owned before they were brought by CN?
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David Benton wrote:they never owned the actual line , just the right to run trains over it .Thank You for that help. Did they ever run trains on it?
All railway lines in Britan are owned by a government company .
It then tenders out contracts to run trains on each line , and either pays a subsidy to the company operating the trains , or gets a payment off them if the route is profitable .
AmtrakFan wrote:Who ownes the Ex-WC line in England that the Wisconsin Central Railroad owned before they were brought by CN?Wisconsin Central did not I think own English, Welsh and Scottish Railway completely. The part they owned is now owned by Canadian National. I understand from the railway press that they want to sell it. I don't know who they want to sell it to. From a visit to Wisconsin I notice that the EWSR locomotives use the same colour scheme as in Wisconsin.
CNW_4404_Lover wrote:I thought Britain's railways were privatized in 1990? Not sure thoughBritish Rail's freight business was split into a number of comapnies that were supposed to compete with each other. Wisconsin Central formed a company called English, Welsh and Scottish railway which bought three of the companies. I think they had financial partners. Ed Burkhrdt was clearly the main influence.