This company acquired the assets of the "Quincy and Eastern Railroad", which went defunct shortly after its incorporation in 1908.

The railroad operated for over a decade, mostly hauling freight, such as lumber, but also providing passenger service to Quincy Junction.

[4] A fire would destroy the railroad's one operating steam locomotive along with its roundhouse in November 1919, forcing it to utilize a gasoline engine.

The railroad currently handles over 1,000 cars per year of outbound lumber and forest products.

The QRR is owned by Sierra Pacific Industries, which has a sawmill in Quincy.