The home page on the Newfoundland Railway has attracted considerable interest.
I have therefore sorted my slides and adapted my flatbed scanner to copy them.
The larger pictures are not ideal but I hope they will be of historical interest.
My thanks to Peter Byrne of Goulds Newfoundland for his information and assistance.


On Friday 24 September 1976 my wife, Pat, and I travelled on train # 207 locally known as the "Shoreline" from St John's to Holyrood.
I had a permit to travel in the cab but the crew would only let me ride in the second locomotive, which I did from Octagon to Holyrood. Regretably I did not take any photographs of the interior of either the coach or the locomotive.

We left St John's about 10:30am and stopped at Octagon to switch a steel mill and rerail a freight car before going on to Holyrood.
The train then continued to Argentia and returned to Whitborne as train 208 where it stayed overnight. On the next day the train travelled to Brigus Junction as train 232 and from there to Carbonear as train 211 returning to Brigus Junction as # 212 and then to St John's as train 232.

We photographed train 232 on the previous day near Upper Gullies.


View of St John's station from coach

Passsing St John's yards

View along the train from the coach

View of train from second engine

Arriving at Octagon

CN work train at Octagon

View running beside Conception Bay

Approaching Holyrood

Fish Flake at Holyrood

Narrow track main line at Holyrood

Train 232 near Upper Gullies

Rear Window in coach on train 232

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