Railpictures.ca - sdfourty Photo: A railway that owned 51 diesel locomotives and where the daily freight trains have a 548 rail route mile run…(and is now gone…) …today, August 2, 1982, the daily train is five hours into the 24 hour run to St. John’s: Terra Transport #204 is at the Black Duck River bridge with five NF210′s: TT#910 – TT#940 – TT#917 – TT#919 (CN noodle) – TT#918 (CN zebra) with eighty plus cars: a dimunitive railway? Hardly. (what’s interesting: some distance perspective, compare the Terra Transport Port-aux-Basque to St.John’s: 548 rail route miles to the Windsor Ontario to Montreal Quebec: 558 CN rail route miles.) More Terra Transport: Terra Transport #232 near Clarke’s Beach Terra Transport #206 near Lockston Terra Transport power for #204, Port-aux-Basques TT #927, Port-aux-Basques TT #929, Corner Brook sdfourty. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

A railway that owned 51 diesel locomotives and where the daily freight trains have a 548 rail route mile run...(and is now gone...)

...today, August 2, 1982, the daily train is five hours into the 24 hour run to St. John's: Terra Transport #204 is at the Black Duck River bridge with five NF210's: TT#910 - TT#940 - TT#917 - TT#919 (CN noodle) - TT#918 (CN zebra) with eighty plus cars: a dimunitive railway? Hardly.

(what's interesting: some distance perspective, compare the Terra Transport Port-aux-Basque to St.John's: 548 rail route miles to the Windsor Ontario to Montreal Quebec: 558 CN rail route miles.)

More Terra Transport:

Terra Transport #232 near Clarke's Beach

Terra Transport #206 near Lockston

Terra Transport power for #204, Port-aux-Basques

TT #927, Port-aux-Basques

TT #929, Corner Brook

sdfourty.

Caption: A railway that owned 51 diesel locomotives and where the daily freight trains have a 548 rail route mile run...(and is now gone...)

...today, August 2, 1982, the daily train is five hours into the 24 hour run to St. John's: Terra Transport #204 is at the Black Duck River bridge with five NF210's: TT#910 - TT#940 - TT#917 - TT#919 (CN noodle) - TT#918 (CN zebra) with eighty plus cars: a dimunitive railway? Hardly.

(what's interesting: some distance perspective, compare the Terra Transport Port-aux-Basque to St.John's: 548 rail route miles to the Windsor Ontario to Montreal Quebec: 558 CN rail route miles.)

More Terra Transport:

Terra Transport #232 near Clarke's Beach

Terra Transport #206 near Lockston

Terra Transport power for #204, Port-aux-Basques

TT #927, Port-aux-Basques

TT #929, Corner Brook

sdfourty.

Photographer:	sdfourty [706] (more) (contact)
Date:	08/02/1982 (search)
Railway:	Terra Transport (search)
Reporting Marks:	TT #910 (search)
Train Symbol:	Terra Transport #204 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Black Duck (search)
City/Town:	Black Duck (search)
Province:	Newfoundland and Labrador (search)
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5 Comments

headtailgrep

January 17, 2013 at 11:38 am

Awesome.
mrdanno4050

January 17, 2013 at 5:20 pm

That scene looks as scenic as some places out west!
awmooney

January 17, 2013 at 8:43 pm

A beautiful image. I will always regret never making it to the Rock.
Marcus Stevens

January 21, 2016 at 10:02 pm

Stunning! wish I could turn back time.
CN NF210

March 11, 2017 at 8:22 am

Nice shot, you get the 4 modern era CN paint schemes CN used in Newfoundland. 1960′s era large noodle, post 1973 zebra stripes, early TerraTransport and revised TerraTransport.

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headtailgrep

January 17, 2013 at 11:38 am

Awesome.

mrdanno4050

January 17, 2013 at 5:20 pm

That scene looks as scenic as some places out west!

awmooney

January 17, 2013 at 8:43 pm

A beautiful image. I will always regret never making it to the Rock.

Marcus Stevens

January 21, 2016 at 10:02 pm

Stunning! wish I could turn back time.

CN NF210

March 11, 2017 at 8:22 am

Nice shot, you get the 4 modern era CN paint schemes CN used in Newfoundland. 1960′s era large noodle, post 1973 zebra stripes, early TerraTransport and revised TerraTransport.