A set of big MLWs lead an empty ore train out of Port Cartier and into the Quebec wilderness on September 10, 2001. A planned week-long trip on the Cartier would be cut short when events on the ne... (more)

The empty Fire Lake ore train - utilizing side dump cars - is seen having just arrived at the stub end track at the mine site with the QCM AC44CW #11 way off in the distance on the south end and t... (more)

Late on August 14, Quebec Cartier Mining AC4400CW 13 leads CEFX AC4400CW 1021 southbound through the Hydro-Quebec Hart-Jaune Dam on Petit-Lac-Manicouagan. The train is seen with 167 ore loads des... (more)

The Arcelor Mittal's Quebec Cartier Mining Railway weekly freight is seen rolling out of Tunnel 29 on the Southern Subdivision on the way to Mont-Wright. QCM AC4400CW 17 leads the mixed freight t... (more)

Arcelor Mittal's Quebec Cartier Mining Railway Fire Lake raw ore train is seen on the Northern Subdivision on the way from Fire Lake to Mont-Wright for processing. Led by QCM AC4400CW 11, the ore... (more)

The Arcelor Mittal's Quebec Cartier Mining Railway Northern Subdivision runs across the Hydro-Quebec Hart-Jaune Dam at the base of the Petit-Lac-Manicouagan Reservoir. On August 15, a loaded CC-1... (more)

A primer from the August 14 sojourn into the wilderness of northern Quebec on the Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada (Quebec Cartier Mining). An empty ore train heads north along Petit Lac Manicouagan w... (more)

One of the now-rare sets of Quebec Cartier Mining-painted AC4400CWs - QCM 14 and 12 - is seen northbound at the Charles Siding amid a steady rain. While the spots illuminated could have been the ... (more)

Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada had four of the 6 port ore trains running with SD70ACe leaders, including this set of AMMC SD70ACe 9003 and QCM AC4400CW 24, seen near Lac-Walker, Quebec. Full details... (more)

Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada had planned to fully repaint the fleet of Quebec Cartier Mining AC44CWs into the orange and grey corporate colors, however funding has staved off those efforts temporar... (more)

Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada has deployed the fleet of five SD70ACe units as leaders on five separate trains. Northbound AMMC 9002 is seen passing mile 36 on the South Subdivision with a 160-car e... (more)

Two of the newest members of the Arcelor Mittal Mines Canada (Cartier Railway) family - Arcelor Mittal SD70ACe 9004 and ES44AC 301 - are seen exiting the south portal of tunnel 29.57 on the railwa... (more)

September 12, 2001 -- I was in Canada and the day before terrorists struck the U.S. There were almost no trains that ran on the Cartier on 9/11 and I spent most of the day in remote Quebec trying ... (more)

AMMC SD70ACe 9002 (Arcelor Mittal Mining Company - ex-Quebec Cartier Mining) leads a Fire Lake Ore Train northbound toward Mount Wright just after passing the northern limits of the Queen Siding o... (more)

A pair of matched Quebec Cartier Mining AC4400CWs - 14 and 28 - head a train of empties northbound past the "Dog" siding enroute to the Mont Wright Mine for another round trip to Port Cartier. The... (more)