Acquisition By Canadian National Railway
The remaining railway line from Inverness Junction in Port Hawkesbury to Inverness was leased to the federal government's Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) from February 1, 1924 until June 1929. That month saw the line purchased outright by CNR. The
In 1955, the construction of the Canso Causeway saw the original I&R line from Inverness Junction in Port Hawkesbury to Port Hastings upgraded and realigned to become part of the Truro-Sydney mainline of the CNR. A new junction for the I&R line was created immediately east of the Canso Canal Bridge.
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