at McAdam during the 1960s-1970s which was nicknamed "The Oriental" (the train received this moniker after a freight car of rice derailed near Tracy). This freight train was cancelled in the early 1980s after the divisional point at McAdam was eliminated; thereafter, freight for Fredericton was dropped off and picked up by a mainline Saint John-Montreal freight train at Fredericton Junction and delivered by a local train to Fredericton. In 1981, VIA Rail cancelled the Atlantic passenger train service from Saint John to Montreal. To placate local concerns, VIA implemented RDC service from Halifax to Fredericton through Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton Junction. This development saw passenger rail service return to Fredericton for the first time in 19 years and VIA contracted CP to upgrade the trackage and speed of the Fredericton Subdivision. The 1985 restoration of the Atlantic saw the RDC service to Fredericton cancelled and in 1988, all CPR lines east of Montreal were placed under the Canadian Atlantic Railway (CAR) business unit to address mounting financial losses. In November 1993, the CAR abandoned the Fredericton Subdivision and the rails to New Brunswick's capital city were removed the following year. See also Canadian Pacific Railway New Brunswick Railway European and North American Railway International Railway of Maine Fredericton Railway Bridge Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick Harvey Station, New Brunswick McAdam, New Brunswick References Notes of Various Interests - The New York Times, September 28, 1883 Defunct New Brunswick railways Transport in York County, New Brunswick Transport in Sunbury County, New Brunswick Transport in Fredericton