Dalhousie sits on the northern shore of New Brunswick. One can usually see the Gaspe peninsula (part of the province of Quebec) across the Bay of Chaleur. Dalhousie was a one-industry town, centered around the now-closed pulp mill and chemical plant PCI (Pioneer Chemicals). Dalhousie does not currently have any rail service, although the rails are in place as of late 2008.

The NB Power power plant in Dalhousie used to burn coal from Minto, New Brunswick. The coal would be brought up by rail to Dalhousie Junction, a few miles outside Dalhousie, and trucked from there.

NB East Coast 1857 (RS-18) switching boxcars at the pulp mill, May 3, 1999.

Map of New Brunswick