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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Neither of those levels of govt has such powers when it comes to rail lines.
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I would think that now it is in the hands of a private organization, that there would have to be some kind of monetary compensation - which would likely be unaffordable, even it it were possible outside of special circumstances, like war.
But I wasn't talking about that... see my post above.
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Ya think??? 
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I don't understand why you think that CN would no longer have freight service in the Maritimes. Is the run between the container terminals and Montreal not profitable? Those are some pretty long trains, double-stacked with containers that run daily...
Honestly, if the expense of maintaining the rail system were taken over by the government (in a hypothetical situation), they would likely be able to successfully lobby for lowered track fees (holding Maritime freight service as 'hostage') and thus continue to be profitable (if it weren't already).