Day 4 - a photo on Flickriver

Day 4

            On the morning of 7/2/2025 I headed to Havre-Saint-Pierre to shoot the Romaine River Railway.

Owned by Rio Tinto, the 27 mile railroad is only accessible at two locations near Havre-Saint-Pierre before dipping into the woods, before arriving at the Lac-Allard Mine which is only accessible by rail. The mine produces titanium oxide ore, which is then loaded onto ships for final transportation to the customer.

CFRR, or more commonly called by railfans as the Quebec Iron and Titanium Railway was built in 1949 and has operated continuously since. Now using a mismatched fleet of EMD/GMD geeps, the railroad typically runs two employee passenger trains per day in addition to ore trains. 

For motive power the railroad uses a MP15DC built new for the railroad, along with 4 GP9 rebuilds which came off the nearby QNSL and QCM, as well as two "new" GP10 rebuilds, such as the one seen here. The two new geeps were rebuilt from GP9's purchased from Port Townsend Railroad Incorporated. As part of the rebuild the noses were chopped for better visibility.

On the day of my visit a thick fog bank was covering the area, so much so that in town I couldn't see more than about 15 feet. Having missed the empty ore train, I heard the southbound employee train doing a meet at the only siding on the railroad, so I waited. Soon enough the employee passenger train arrived with a friendly crew.

With the fog not clearing up, I headed back south to QNSL with a steady stream of trains, I figured the day would still be worthwhile. However, not long after I departed for the Moisie River, a piece of track equipment broke down at Mile 63 creating a massive backlog. For hours crews tried to clear it, but to no avail, the rest of that story will be in my next photo. 

Romaine River Railway
Train: CFRR 5141 South
7/2/2025
Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
CFRR 
   

Taken in: Canada / Quebec / Havre-Saint-Pierre / Havre-St-Pierre (show map)

Taken on: July 2, 2025

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