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In 1874 the Petitcodiac and Elgin Branch Railroad Company was incorporated to build a line from Petitcodiac on the European & North American line to Elgin and then down to the Bay of Fundy. The line was completed in 1876 after government subsidies for construction of the line had been secured. However, the extension to the Bay of Fundy was never completed. The line was built to allow local residents to move timber and agricultural products to market, and indeed the line was closed each winter when there was no demand to move either of those products to market. In 1885 the 12 mile long extension north to Havelock was completed. In 1890 the company went bankrupt and was renamed the Elgin and Havelock Railway Company. Never very profitable the line was sold to the Dominion of Canada in 1918 and then operated by the Intercolonial Railway until that railway was taken over by Canadian National. Canadian National operated the line until 1955 when the section of line from Petitcodiac to Elgin was abandoned. The section of track to Havelock continued to be used by Canadian National to service a cement plant at Havelock until 1993 when the track was finally abandoned.

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Petitcodiac and Elgin Railway line
19th Century
New Brunswick, Canada
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New Brunswick Railway Museum

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Elgin Station
20th Century, Circa 1950
Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada
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New Brunswick Railway Museum

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Petitcodiac Station
20th Century, Circa 1905
Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, Canada


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New Brunswick Railway Museum

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Elgin Turntable
20th Century, Circa 1950
Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada


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New Brunswick Railway Museum

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Elgin & Havelock engine
20th Century, Circa 1917
Intervale, New Brunswick, Canada


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New Brunswick Railway Museum

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Elgin & Havelock engine #1
20th Century, Circa 1903
Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, Canada
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New Brunswick Railway Museum