New Brunswick Southern Railway
Three EMD SD70M-2 locomotives lead NBSR Train 121 at Tracy, New Brunswick. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Saint John, NB |
| Reporting mark | NBSR |
| Locale | New Brunswick, Maine |
| Dates of operation | 1995– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The New Brunswick Southern Railway Company Limited (reporting mark NBSR) is a 131.7 mi (212.0 km) Canadian short line railway owned by the New Brunswick Railway Company Limited, a holding company that is part of "Irving Transportation Services", a division within the industrial conglomerate J. D. Irving.
Together with its sister company Eastern Maine Railway (reporting mark EMRY), NBSR and EMRY form a continuous 189.5 mi (305.0 km) main line connecting Saint John, New Brunswick, with Brownville Junction, Maine. NBSR also operates an additional 41.7 mi (67.1 km) of branch lines in New Brunswick.
Today most locomotives hauling trains that operate over NBSR and EMRY are owned and carry the reporting marks of NBSR. Some maintenance of way equipment that operates exclusively in the state of Maine is owned directly by EMRY.
A sister company Maine Northern Railway (reporting mark MNRY) operates a separate 258-mile (415 km) railway system connecting Millinocket, Maine, with Van Buren, Maine.