The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway is a short line railway that operates in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. CBNS operates 256 kilometres of main line and associated spurs between Tr
CB&CNSR freight train northbound on the Abercrombie spur, 12 Sep. 2003.
CB&CNSR coal train westbound at Havre Boucher, 18 Sep. 2003.
Truro interchange yard between CB&CNSR and CN, 2006.
Canso Causeway
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The Canso Causeway is a 1,385-metre-long rock-fill causeway crossing the Strait of Canso, which provides access by road between Cape Breton Island and the Nova Scotia peninsula.
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
…Appalachian Mountains). The main line skirts various inlets of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and crosses the Strait of Canso to Cape Breton Island using the Canso Causeway. On Cape Breton Island the main line crosses the North Bras d'Or Uplands (North Mountain - also known as River Denys Mountain) before skirting the…
Canso Causeway from Cape Breton Island
The Canso Canal Bridge crosses the Canso Canal at the eastern end of the causeway. The navigable canal is considered the official dividing line between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia.
ICR rail ferry Scotia provides service across the Strait of Canso ca. 1903
Proposed location for cantilever bridge across the Strait of Canso - generally the same as that ultimately selected for the causeway.