Trains of Newfoundland / Kenneth G Pieroway ; with a foreword by Robert J. Sandusky.
Trains of Newfoundland / Kenneth G Pieroway ; with a foreword by Robert J. Sandusky.
By
:
Pieroway, Kenneth G.
Publication Date
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2022
Publication Information
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St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press Limited,
Physical Description
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xvii, 119 p. : col. ill., map.
Subject Term
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Railroad trains.
Narrow gauge railroads.
Railroads -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Railroads -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- Pictorial works.
Railroad trains -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Narrow gauge railroads -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Pictorial works.
Additional Contributors
:
Sandusky, Robert J.
Summary
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For well over a century, the narrow-gauge Newfoundland railway played a vital role in the growth and development of the tiny island in the North Atlantic. From the commencement of construction in 1881 to the shutdown in 1988, it was a most colourful line, to say the least. It took over 547 miles to cross a 300-mile-wide island, and it had curves sharper and grades steeper than in the Rocky Mountains. There were only 131 miles of straight track, a bridge for every four miles, and a human wind-gauge to safely let trains pass. In Newfoundland, the railway wasn't simply a means of transportation - it was a way of life. Take an all-colour photographic journey from the capital city of St. John's to the ferry connection at Port aux Basques on the longest narrow-gauge railway in North America.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781774570920
9781774570937
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy |
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Bishop's Falls | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Conception Bay South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL - School | Adult Non-Fiction NL - School | 385.09718 P61 | |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Lewisporte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL - School | Adult Non-Fiction NL - School | 385.09718 P61 | |
Marystown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 385.09718 P61 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 385.09718 P61 | hc |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 385.09718 P61 | sc |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | SLA NL |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 385.09718 P61 | |