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Southern Alberta short line is hauling in jobs and economic activity
Forty Mile Rail purchased a long-abandoned rail line in 2016 and got the trains moving again
Reading Time: 4 minutes A group in southern Alberta has taken back a section of a short line rail, and area communities are enjoying the dividends. “We started Forty Mile Rail back in 2016,” said Lorne Buis, a director of the 75-kilometre-long rail line that runs from Stirling to Foremost. Last month, the group received $4.2 million of federal […] Read more