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A railfan since childhood, I published my first book, 'RAILS ACROSS THE ROCK - A Then & Now Celebration of the Newfoundland Railway' all in colour in 2013. In September 2014, I released the follow up titled, 'RAILS AROUND THE ROCK - A Then & Now Celebration of the Newfoundland Branchlines' featuring the various branch and industrial lines.

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SAVED BY ST.JOHN'S. Thanks to the hard work of the Railway Coastal Museum, the Johnson Foundation and the City of St. John's, NF110 #906 has been given a third lease on life. Originally located in Bowring Park after being taken out of service, it fell into disrepair due to both vandalism and neglect. It has been beautifully restored to it's original green and gold scheme and along with RPO 1805 and Coach 763 (former NR # 46), sits outside the Victorian era granite station, now home to the RCM. Built by GMD in 1953 as one of nine of the series, the only other surviving sisters are 900 - located at Clarenville, and 902 -located at Lewisporte. The 906 had the honour of being one of three diesels which brought the last eastbound 'Caribou' into this very spot on the early morning of July 3, 1969.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	08/22/2012
Location:	St. John's
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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FOG SHROUDED F40. While waiting to board VIA # 72 to Toronto following a weekend of Original Six hockey in Detroit, this Newfoundland Railfan and his 3 travelling companions from the Rock were quite surprised to find the Windsor Station fully enshrouded in fog! Indicated by the twin beams of light from 6424 piercing the droplets, the four had mistakenly believed that they had left this type of weather back on the Island while they enjoyed the rail journey - a very pleasant part of each yearly hockey trip.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	03/14/2016
Location:	Windsor
Province:	Ontario

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STEAM SURVIVOR. Former CNR 593, a Pacific Class 4-6-2, is the only surviving steam locomotive from the Newfoundland Railway and has found a safe home on static display at the Railway Society of Newfoundland's Historic Train Site in Corner Brook. Originally delivered as # 193 for the NR in 1921 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the sum of $36,870.00 as a passenger express engine, it remained as such until the arrival of the larger and more powerful Mikados started to arrive in the 1930's. After years of branchline duty pulling mixed trains, it ended it's career as a yard switcher in Port aux Basques with some 1.5 million miles of service behind her in 1957. Accompanying this beautifully restored engine and her tender on the narrow gauge mainline at the Humbermouth Station are Box Baggage 1598 (Eastern Car, 1954), Baggage-Express 1600 (CC&F, 1943), Coach 758 (CC&F, 1949), Diner 10 (CC&F 1943), and Sleeper 'Twillingate' (NSC, 1938).

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	10/11/2011
Location:	Corner Brook
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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CLARENVILLE COLLECTION. NF110 # 900 lives on as a static display at the Clarenville Heritage Society on the beautiful early autumn morning of October 10, 2013. Built by GMD in 1952 and with a CN Class of GR-12-a, it and her 1200 HP sisters 901 and 902 were the first of the type to arrive in Newfoundland to start replacing the Mikado and Pacific steam engines still operating on the Island's narrow gauge railway. Beautifully restored to her glorious green and gold paint scheme by the Society, this engine also accompanies Diner 176, the last diner ever built in Canada for the CNR in 1958 as well as Terra Transport Caboose 6061.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	10/10/2013
Location:	Clarenville
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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AVONDALE ARTWORK. The green and yellow tilted wafer of the former Newfoundland Railway has been accurately recreated on ex-CN Tool and Office Work Car 5015. Originally built as CNR RPO 1803 by CC&F in 1952, it was converted to work service after the end of RPO service in October 1968. Today the tilted wafer adorns this beautifully restored car as NR RPO 233 in its resplendent red and black livery on display near the oldest wooden station in Newfoundland at Avondale.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	05/30/2017
Location:	Avondale
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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DORVAL DELIVERY. The VIA Station Attendant at Dorval waits for 6439 with the #60 from Toronto to stop so that he can deliver the documents in the bag on the beautiful late morning of August 10, 2013. While travelling from St. John's to Sherbrooke for the 2013 Canada Games to watch their son play for the Rock, it gave this Newfoundland Railfan and his wife yet another opportunity to ride the VIA Air-Connect from Trudeau Airport to downtown Montreal, and capture some train action in the process.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	08/10/2013
Location:	Dorval
Province:	Ontario

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UNDER THE OVERPASS. Terra Transport Mixed Extra 935 West crosses under the TCH Overpass at Bishops Falls shortly after leaving the station on April 16, 1988. This was the photographers's third trip on the mixed and the very first (and only) for his friend Paul. The two would be the only passengers for the entire 138 mile journey to Corner Brook with the exception of a lone cabin owner who boarded at Millertown Junction and departed at Gaff Topsail. A special treat for both riders was that the train left Bishops Falls with passenger only equipment (Baggage 1308 and Coach 764) and would remain a mini 'Caribou' until four container units were picked up in Grand Falls, thus making it a true mixed. With the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway in 1965, dozens of overpasses were constructed across the right of way throughout the Island but most, such as this one, have since been replaced with corrugated steel pipe to allow access for the Trans Canada Trail.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	16/04/1988
Location:	Bishops Falls
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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The pristine MLW M420TR # 26 of the Orford Express prepares to depart Magog for Sherbrooke on the beautiful afternoon of August 11, 2013. Travelling to Sherbrooke to watch their youngest son Thomas represent Newfoundland and Labrador in the sport of soccer during the 2013 Canada Games, it allowed this railfan and his wife Michelle to experience not only one of North America's most beautiful tourist trains but also one of their most memorable dining experiences anywhere.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Orford Express
Date:	08/11/2013
Location:	Magog
Province:	Quebec

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BADGER BOUND. The sun breaks through just in time on the bright green Terra Transport inter-modal containers as Mixed Extra 945 West heads towards the town of Badger on April 20, 1987. Having just left Grand Falls on his first Newfoundland train ride and accompanied by his girlfriend, the photographer opened the window on Coach 757 and carefully held his Pentax ME-Super to capture this scene. For the remainder of the journey, all photos were shot leaning out the vestibule as the trainmen had kindly given permission that it was OK to do so. At this point, the train ran parallel to both the TCH and the Exploits River but at Badger the highway would turn north and it would not be seen again from the train until Deer Lake, some 80 miles west. It would also be the last views of the Newfoundland spring until then as the climb into the Gaff Topsails would bring back the still remaining winter vistas.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Badger
Province:	Newfoundland and …

Comments | 9 Favourites

VIA AT FALLOWFIELD. While fulfilling a promise to my Father-in-Law Johnny (see ID 27380), it gave this Newfoundland & Labrador railfan a chance to capture some VIA Rail action. Due to the December 2013 North American storm complex, rail and highway traffic was disrupted and as a result, VIA Rail Train 51 was well past its 08:45 departure time from Fallowfield. Due to the delay caused by the ice storm, I was able to witness, along with Johnny and my youngest son Thomas who would later accompany us to Montreal on VIA Rail # 32, a full passenger train led by P42DC 907 en route to Toronto. Rail scenes like these, not witnessed on the Rock since 1988, certainly added to that special Christmas in our Nations's Capital.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	12/23/2013
Location:	Ottawa
Province:	Ontario

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SIGNAGE AT SUMMIT. As seen from Coach 757 on Terra Transport's Mixed Extra 945 West on April 20, 1987, the official sign for 'Summit' is barely visible above what remains of a heavy winter's snowfall. It was at this point at Mileage 328.3 that the former Newfoundland Railway reached it's pinnacle at 1554 feet above sea level and no doubt that a few months earlier, the sign would have been completely covered under snow. While the rugged Juniper trees point east as part of their distinctive growth pattern, the photographer and his girlfriend continue to head west on this, their first Newfoundland rail journey. This sign has long since disappeared, along with the other official markings of the 547 mile narrow gauge railway, but has been replaced by a man-made one that not only displays the mileage and elevation in raised lettering but also wooden representations of the Canadian and Newfoundland & Labrador Flags.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Summit
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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ROUNDING BLAGGARD'S CURVE. During the photographer's and his girlfriend's first Newfoundland train trip on April 20, 1987, each mile brought a pleasant surprise and on the approach to Quarry, it was no different. The ascent into the Topsails was well underway and after travelling several miles of relatively straight track Mixed Extra 945 West suddenly took a sharp 90 degree - even by Newfoundland standards - turn to the left. It then ran straight for a couple of car lengths before suddenly veering another 90 degrees to the right. In the past, when 80 to 100 cars where in the consist, photographers such as Mike Shufelt and Rich Taylor among others, captured entire trains entering and exiting Newfoundland's most famous 'S' curve.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Quarry
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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GAFF TOPSAIL - Terra Transport Mixed Extra 945 West approaches the hill known as 'Gaff Topsail' on April 20, 1987 while en route to the Flag Stop of the same name. Synonymous with Newfoundland Railway lore, the Gaff Topsail was one of four hills rising up from the plateau being named after the sails on a ship, the others being Main, Mizzen and Fore. Now just west of Summit, the train had already begun her 70 mile descent to near sea level at Corner Brook and the photographer and his girlfriend would continue to see wonderful vista such as this on their first Newfoundland train ride, making memories to last forever.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Gaff Topsail
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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REACHING THE SUMMIT - Terra Transport Mixed Extra 945 West reaches Summit on April 20, 1987. At 1550 feet above sea level, it is the highest point of the 547 mile narrow gauge Newfoundland Railway on the entire mainline. With the roof of a cabin barely visible, the heavy snowfall from the winter is still piled several feet high, belying the fact that spring is well underway elsewhere on the Island. The only passengers to travel there that day were the photographer and his then girlfriend (now wife) on their very first trip on a Newfoundland train.This image and it's modern day counterpart can be seen in my first book, RAILS ACROSS THE ROCK - A Then & Now Celebration of The Newfoundland Railway (2013) published by Creative Book Publishing.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Summit
Province:	Newfoundland and …

3 Comments | 7 Favourites

DEPARTING BISHOPS FALLS. Terra Transport Caboose 6070, built in 1967 by National Steel Car of Hamilton for CN's narrow gauge Newfoundland division, is tacked to end of Mixed Extra 945 West on April 20, 1987. Upon learning that a mixed train service still operated on the Island railway, the photographer and his then girlfriend (now wife) left the capital city of St. John's to eagerly ride what was he believed was lost forever. Next to the caboose was coach 757 in which the two were the only passengers for the entire 138 mile journey to Corner Brook on that beautiful spring day.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	04/20/1987
Location:	Bishops Falls
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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UPGRADE AT CRUISERS. Terra Transport Mixed Extra 935 West has just crossed under the TCH overpass in Bishops Falls on April 16, 1988 and is climbing upgrade at Cruisers Brook, said to be the steepest grade on the entire 547 Mile Newfoundland Railway. Departing Bishops Falls at 11:00 AM, the two NF210's (935 and 927) leave with passenger only equipment (Baggage 1308 and Coach 764) until four container units were picked up in Grand Falls. The only travellers to make the entire 138 mile journey to Corner Brook were the photographer and his friend Paul who was delighted to experience his first ride on a Newfoundland train. One other, a cabin owner, got on at Millertown Junction and soon departed in several feet of snow at Gaff Topsail. The hospitality and friendliness of the Newfoundland crews were beyond compare, with conductor Carl Dillon inviting us both back to the caboose and allowing us to ride in the cupola for several dozen miles.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	16/04/1988
Location:	Bishops Falls
Province:	Newfoundland and …

Comments | 13 Favourites

ALL THAT REMAINS. Just west of Avondale, lies the longest remaining stretch of the former Newfoundland Railway mainline. For 1.8 miles, this section of track survived the dismantling program thanks to the hard work of the Avondale Heritage Society who also managed to preserve the Provinces' oldest wooden station in that community. With the backdrop of the Blue Hills, the last official scheduled train to run past this area was Terra Transport Extra 944 East heading to St. John's with five NF210's, two gondolas of scrap metal and a caboose on a rainy September 29, 1988. A testament to the track crews is evident in the remarkable condition of the line a quarter of a century later, considering that no maintenance has been since that time.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	10/19/2012
Location:	Avondale
Province:	Newfoundland and …

3 Comments | 11 Favourites

I had made a promise to my Father-in-Law back in 2001 that if we were ever together again in a Canadian city with VIA Rail service that I would treat him to a train ride. He had never experienced rail travel on the Mainland, and his last trip was a return run from Gambo to Corner Brook on Newfoundland's famed 'Caribou' as a teenager in the 1950's. A surprise Christmas visit to spend the holidays with my Sister-in-Law in December 2013, unbeknown to him who had arrived the week before, gave me an opportunity to fulfil that promise made some 12 years earlier. Prior to boarding VIA Rail # 73 to Montreal at Fallowfield, I took the opportunity to capture a pristine 6459 in the new Renaissance paint scheme. With my youngest son Thomas accompanying us, we had a most memorable and enjoyable trip, with the VIA crews going out of their way to pay special attention to 'Johnny' on his first VIA trip! An added bonus was the revelation made to me upon my return by eminent railway photographer James A. Brown that the 6459 was the former 6403, the same lead engine on Canada's new polymer $10 bill! Coincidentally, only a month prior, I was fortunate to have been chosen by the Bank of Canada as the guest speaker for the Newfoundland and Labrador portion of its simultaneous National roll-out.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	12/23/2013
Location:	Ottawa
Province:	Ontario

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An almost picture perfect reflection of a typical QNS&L ore train about to cross Highway 500, the Trans Labrador Highway, on a crisp early October morning. Having just left Labrador City, lead unit AC4400 # 422 and SD70 # 502 will travel some 260 miles to the Port of Sept-Iles. The trains may be gone forever on the Island portion of our Province, but fortunately such is not the case in Labrador, and in fact, may never be.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Quebec North Shore…
Date:	10/04/2012
Location:	Labrador City
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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AMONG THE LAST - Terra Transport Extra 936 West with three units prepares to depart the St. John's Yard for Port aux Basques on the grey evening of July 28, 1988. Knowing that time was quickly running out for the Newfoundland operations, this was the among the very last full length revenue trains to operate westbound and the very last to be captured by the photographer. Despite the pristine condition of the NF210's, within eight weeks they would be shut down for good on the Island, with lead 936 being preserved at Avondale, 941 sold to F.C. del Pacifico of Nicaragua and 919 being scrapped.

Name:	Kenneth G. Pieroway
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	07/28/1988
Location:	St. John's
Province:	Newfoundland and …

3 Comments | 8 Favourites

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