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Farmers, reeves and mayors are hoping the Doer government will chip in nearly $3 million to help save a short stretch of rail line in southern Manitoba slated for demolition today.
"We basically have this week," said Doug Collins, vice-president of the newly-formed Boundary Trail Railroad Company. "The salvage company is starting to take the line up. Time is really critical."Called the Napinka and La Riviere lines, it's an 80-mile stretch of track that connects Killarney to Morden and then on to the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. The tracks are part of well over 360 kilometres of Manitoba rail lines that are in the midst of being abandoned, part of the slow disintegration of a network of shortlines that once crisscrossed the province and linked nearly every small town and grain elevator.See the full content of this document
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Rail-Rescue Bid Wants $3m From Province
Southern Manitoba line slated for demolition
By Mary Agnes WelchFarmers, reeves and mayors are hoping the Doer government will chip in nearly $3 million to he...See the full content of this document
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