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Slq Locomotive Engineer Completes Final Trip With Son

Serge Auger, locomotive engineer for the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) (SLQ), completed his final trip on train 394/393 on February 24, after 38 years of service. Auger started working in the railway industry for Canadian National (CN) in 1985 out of Montreal as a brakeman and then a conductor. In 1993, he was qualified as a locomotive engineer.

CN sold the SLQ line to Emonds Transport in 1998, and the line was bought by G&W in 2002. Auger decided to stay with SLQ and raise his family in the Eastern Townships where the work schedule was better and there were no big-city problems. During his retirement, Serge is planning to travel, play some golf and go fishing. Serge is pictured here with his son Nicolas, who is a conductor for SLQ and presently training as a locomotive engineer. The father and son duo was able to work together on Serge’s last week on the job.