Savage Alberta Railway

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Savage Alberta Railway
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Locale Alberta, Canada
Dates of operation 1999 – present
Track gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Grande Prairie, Alberta

Savage Alberta Railway, known as Alberta RailNet between 1999 and 2005, was a Canadian short line railway that operated in the province of Alberta until late 2006.

[edit] History

Alberta RailNet was formed in June 1999 to purchase former Canadian National Railway trackage running north from Swan Landing to Grande Prairie, Hythe, Spirit River and Glavin. The company was owned by North American RailNet.

The Swan Landing to Grande Prairie line was opened in the 1960s as CN's Alberta Resources Railway, whereas the Glavin–Spirit River–Grande Prairie–Hythe line was the former Northern Alberta Railways (ex–Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway), which CN purchased in 1981. In total, the railway operated 345 miles of lines.

In 2005, Savage Industries, through its subsidiary CANAC, purchased Alberta RailNet's assets from North American Railnet, and renamed the railway to the Savage Alberta Railway.

On December 1, 2006, CN announced that it had purchased Savage Alberta Railway for $25 million and that it had begun operating the railway the same day.[1]

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