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The Newfoundland Railway was a narrow-gauge railway that operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of 906 miles (1,458 km), it was the longest 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) narrow-gauge system in North America.
Sir Robert Gillespie Reid (12 October 1842 – 3 June 1908) was a Scottish railway contractor most famous for building large railway bridges in Canada and the United States. Founder of Reid Newfoundland Company , from 1889 until his death, he built, owned, and operated the Newfoundland Railway .
A trans U.S. railway that had a railway in the BC Fraser Valley competing with CP for the natural resources. Great Northern Railway of Canada [2] 1892-1907: between Rivière-à-Pierre, Quebec, and Hawkesbury, Ontario [3] Great Western Railway: southwestern Ontario: 1853–1884: Acquired by GTR: Guelph and Goderich Railway: Acquired by CPR.
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Pages in category "Newfoundland and Labrador railways" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
She was 175 feet long and registered at a gross tonnage of 808. Launched on 19 January 1912, she was originally managed by John C. Crosbie's firm, Crosbie and Company, for the Newfoundland Produce Company. In 1914 she was acquired by the Reid Newfoundland Company for passenger and freight service.
From 1870 to 1885 and again from 1893 to 1906 he was a member of the colony's appointed Legislative Council, the Upper House of Newfoundland's parliament. Thorburn was an opponent of Sir William Whiteway's plans to build a cross-Newfoundland railway as a means of diversifying and industrialising the economy. Thorburn, a leading merchant, argued ...
The Wabush Lake Railway (reporting mark WLRS) (formerly WABL and NLCL) is a short line railway operating in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The railway was built in 1960 from the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway to Wabush, [ 1 ] initially called the Northern Lands Company Railway (reporting mark: NLC).