North Eastman Region                        

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The mainline railway of the Canadian National Railway (CN) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) both cross through the North Eastman region and Winnipeg. The map below represents local stations on a mainline as solid circles and shortline local stations as unfilled circles. As of January 1999, the CN shortline railway running from Winnipeg to Pine Falls is the Central Manitoba Railway Inc. (CEMR) and is wholly owned by Cando Contracting Ltd. The GWWD Railway is the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway which is owned and operated by the Water and Waste Department of the City of Winnipeg. The Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway (BNSF) mainline continues to Winnipeg as the Burlington Northern Manitoba Ltd. Line. Although it is not shown on the map, Via Rail, a cross-Canada passenger line, also passes through Winnipeg and connects to the Hudson Bay Railway (as does CN) to go to Churchill.

Source: The Canadian Railway Atlas (3^rd Edition, 1998)
Railway Association of Canada

CN and CP have alliances with other major North American railroads creating a transportation network from coast-to-coast and through the Mid-Continent Trade Corridor. CP has a partnership with Union Pacific Railway streamlining shipping between Canada, the United States and Mexico. CN’s alliance with Kansas City Southern Railway has also created a faster and cost-effective ship-rail-truck transportation system through the Mid-Continent Trade Corridor. The following intermodal facilities map the versatility of the railways to transport goods anywhere on the continent and internationally.