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The Le Cœur, Terrance and Lynville Railway was formed in 1878 by the merger of the Chemin de Fer Québec et Trois Rivieres (Québec to Montréal, Montréal to Sherbrooke), the Le Cœur and Terrance Railroad (Québec to Lynville), and the Bangor and Québec Railway (Lynville to Bangor, ME).

The LT&L was always on friendly terms with its neighbor, the Parsons Vale and Termite Railroad, to the extent of sharing terminal and suburban operations in Montréal (via their joint subsidiary Chemin de fer terminal de Montréal). Over the years, the two railroads pooled locomotives, ran joint passenger trains, purchased each other’s stock, and eventually merged in 1961.

LT&L history

1860

Chemin de Fer Québec et Trois Rivieres founded.

1864

CdFQ&TR extended to connection with the Montreal & Southern Railway.

1866

Le Cœur and Terrance Railroad founded.

1867

LC&T builds from Québec to Thetford Mines.

1869

CdFQ&TR builds from Montréal to Ottowa.

1871

LC&T purchases M&S.

1872

LC&T extended to Lynville, at the Maine border.

1874

Bangor and Québec Railroad founded (owned by the LC&T.)

1875

B&Q connects to LC&T

1876

CdFQ&TR builds Montréal to Sherbrooke.

1877

LC&T builds Terrance to Thetford Mines.

1878

CdFQ&TR, LC&T, B&Q merge, become the Le Cœur, Terrance and Lynville Railway.

1880

Parsons Vale and Montreal Railroad merges with M&S to form the Chemin de fer terminal de Montréal.

1884

Augusta branch (Bangor to Augusta) built.

1899

Sherbrooke to Thetford Mines built.

1930

Purchased 10% PV&T stock.

1940

First diesel locomotives – ALCO S-2’s 100-109 – purchased.

1961

Merged with PV&T.

1962

Augusta branch electrified at 3000VDC.

1963

B&Q from Bangor to Lynville abandoned.