Re: Newfoundland NG Passenger Cars Part 2 - Business Cars

Here's the final instalment on Newfoundland Rly 3' 6" gauge passenger equipment. The first photo is what I believe to be a Sleeper/Observation car named "St. John's". The photo contained no builder or date info.




Business Car "Terra Nova" - that some folks call "Terra Nova 1" - because a later business car also carried that name. The "Terra Nova (1)" photographed here was donated to the Canada Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa in 1970, and a photo of it by Michael Berry is here: [www.railpictures.ca] . Its replacement, "Terra Nova (2)", also still exists at the Orangedale Railway Museum in Nova Scotia, see the link here: [www.novascotia.com]




The Sleeper/Obs "Bristol" was originally built as the Business Car "Quidi Vidi" by CC&F in 1918.




This photo of the "Bristol" was taken in 1941. At that time the Newfoundland Railway called their trans-island train "The Overland Limited". CNR later called it the "Caribou". Presumably after the end of main line passenger service in 1969, the Bristol was rebuilt as a Business Car and renamed "Avalon".




Here is a photo of the "Avalon" that I took in St. John's yard on our visit in 1982. After abandonment of the railway in 1988 it was apparently put on display in a park in St. John's, but became so run down that it was scrapped.



All for now. I'll give Newfoundland a rest for a while, and maybe post some more familiar early USA photos for you.

Cheers,
Ralph



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2020 08:41AM by tgbcvr.