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@IGuessIDoThings 17 күн бұрын

It’s kinda disturbing how those men are so cheery while they’re ripping up a railway

@mcmonster1738 Ай бұрын

へぇーこれがカナダの80年代のcmなんだ。感動！日本より失礼します。

@OGDocHoliday 2 ай бұрын

love to see footage of 6218 my beloved

@patricknoveski6409 2 ай бұрын

That was Brutal. . . 😢

@wardy98px1 2 ай бұрын

We rode her in belleville countdown 6218 to anson jct

@NxNWhiskey 4 ай бұрын

Shame to give that up for the highway. An option would be better. Bad trade.

@frugalterrier8124 6 ай бұрын

My Dad and I were on one of 6218’s last excursions from Montreal to Ottawa in July 1971. Still remember the smell of coal smoke and having cinders in my hair….back when I had hair!

@SteamboatWilley 7 ай бұрын

With only 3 trains a week and taking 5 hours to cover 88 miles, it's not surprising the railway closed, sad as it is.

@JohnAckerman93 9 ай бұрын

I just love CN Rail for some reason. Just recently my friends and I took a commuter train to Antioch, IL and when we were there we saw a CN freight train. When I see one I say or scream we deliver. I once saw a CN container and it said CN we deliver. That’s why I shout we deliver, all because of the container. CN. We Deliver!

@mangleytown 9 ай бұрын

Nice to see some vintage Canadian trains 🙂

@ChrisJones-gx7fc 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I happened to stumble across it today, September 30, 2023, 35 years to the day since rail service ended on Newfoundland.

@elirosen1391 9 ай бұрын

What line was this, and where did it run between?

@shnorth888 9 ай бұрын

The line shown in the video was in central Newfoundland at a place called the Gaff Topsails. The entire main line ran from St. John's on the east coat to Port aux Basque on the west covering 906 miles. It was a narrow gauge line of 3ft 6" . Canadian National took over the railway on Newfoundland in 1949, when Newfoundland joined Canada, and ran it until 1988 when they shut it down.

@PlanetNewfoundland 10 ай бұрын

Part of the gradual dismantling of Newfoundland...painful to watch

@GypsyIrishNewfieNomad Жыл бұрын

My uncles told me many stories of the train coming through GFW , They'd steal food from the box cars being shipped east . Times were tough ....Times are still tough tbh....

@SkibidiMadness849 Жыл бұрын

if trains were never dicountined

@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb Жыл бұрын

So why was the rail removed

@ChrisJones-gx7fc 9 ай бұрын

Probably for the same reason so many other old rail lines were torn up. The scrap value for the rails and whatever else was greater than the cost of removing them. It’s too bad no long sections could have been saved for a tourist railroad. There’s one short stretch (1.6 miles) in Avondale used for speeder rides, and the Trinity Loop was another one but it’s fallen greatly into disrepair.

@millythecat7211 4 ай бұрын

iirc it was because of the railroad being not as popular as it was in the say, 20s, its sad

@douglaskeller4269 Жыл бұрын

I just absolutely loved C N Rail films from 1960 Through 1990's. D. K. Keller.

@JS-jh4cy Жыл бұрын

Same thing on Vancouver Island government stopped running the railroad and let it rot away

@JS-jh4cy Жыл бұрын

Now there are no buses since Greyhound went bankrupt in western Canada so everyone has to hitch hike or go buy another expensive old car to and pay more money for gas, unless you want to wait hours to charge an electric in far town before driving back out of the towns

@iconofvril9025 9 ай бұрын

A little birdie tells me that they are planning to restore these rails and run freight on the island again. There were members of this project in CN's Winnipeg campus a few months ago

@canadianmike711 13 күн бұрын

That's from 1994

@MrMASSEYJONES Жыл бұрын

Historical videos such as this are very much appreciated by amateur historians, such as myself. Thanks for sharing. ❤I subscribed

@stephaneduguay7267 Жыл бұрын

Newfoundlanders need their railroad back, just like P.E.I.

@PGE564 Жыл бұрын

Only added a thumbs up to show that I watched this sad video!

@bov634 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they would've just left the railroad intact what could have been today with fuel prices raising. A new standard gauge railroad on the rock.

@downhomer Жыл бұрын

Thw biggest mistake Newfoundland ever made was getting rid of the train..can you imagine the unlimited possibilities for the future had this not happened...Bring back the train....

@daveyboy_ Жыл бұрын

Ain't no more need. For paper

@daveyboy_ Жыл бұрын

Now they couldn't give a rats ass about wheat . It's all about that liquid gold

@TheGs4_4449 5 ай бұрын

“nObOdY cOuLd GiVe A rAt’S aSs AbOuT oNe Of If NoT tHe MoSt ImPoRTaNt AnD iNfLuEnCiAl CrOpS iN tHe EnTiRe WoRlD.”

@cashstrains652 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@johnb9187 2 жыл бұрын

i rode the newfie bullet across nfld around mid 60`s as 6-7 yr old with my dad (conductor at the time) and a couple trips during the yrs as a freight train (caboose). fond memories that will last a life time. *thanks for the footage

@garychynne1377 2 жыл бұрын

good back then

@davidodea3837 2 жыл бұрын

My home town ! 😎😎

@jamesstuart3346 2 жыл бұрын

CBC at its best

@jamesstuart3346 2 жыл бұрын

Trains rock but the Wet Noodle rocks best

@halon7476 Жыл бұрын

The genius graphic designer Allen Fleming to thank 🇨🇦

@jamesstuart3346 Жыл бұрын

@@halon7476 I was 11 years old and a model train nut when the Noodle came out. I was so obsessed with it I stuck it on every loco I owned

@rockguitarist931 2 жыл бұрын

They should've preserved a little bit of it as a heritage railway, at least.

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

The most we got from CN was several displays of rolling stock at various communities and museums around the island plus the Trinity Loop Railway park which is now sadly closed. In the years since the railway closed a few displays have been scrapped due to vandalism and lack of interest.

@rockguitarist931 2 жыл бұрын

@@shnorth888 I could understand why CN would've reduced service to "as needed" but scrapping the operation entirely was incredibly short sighted, I guess they were desperate to increase their profits to appeal to private investors as the Canadian government looked to privatize the railways.

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

@@rockguitarist931 True and the service was downgraded to a point where most shippers switched to road transport, although the privatization of CNR was still a few years off. That didn't appear until the 1994 federal budget but by getting rid of money loosing operations like the Newfoundland rail operation and PEI's railway in 1989 plus selling off non rail/transportation assets like CN Hotels and CN Telecommunications put CN in a better financial position for when the idea to privatize appeared several years later.

@NF110210 2 жыл бұрын

@@shnorth888 Many rail displays have been destroyed since the closure, breaks my heart. My friend and I volunteered at Avondale for several years and helped get the place noticed. Currently I’m on the board of the Railway Coastal Museum in Water Street, it shouldn’t be a struggle to preserve our heritage but it is. The Trinity Loop still has massive potential, unfortunately the government has been making it extraordinarily difficult to make any progress.

@NF110210 2 жыл бұрын

There was an effort by former St. John’s mayor John Murphy to preserve the line from St. John’s to Holyrood, running excursion trains. So many people today say it would have been great, and with how much the area has developed it could have even worked as a commuter train. Seems like CN had everything sold and did everything possible to make sure the railway was erased, purely political.

@Pensyfan19 2 жыл бұрын

_This is where real men cried._

@Coloribus2004 8 ай бұрын

You said it brother.

@dhritisamanta4382 2 жыл бұрын

Best ad from the 80s.

@wavesnbikes 2 жыл бұрын

Should've kept a segment of this treasure as a Tourist Heritage Railway. Did CN ever plan on Standard Gauging?

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently it was looked at just after confederation but wasn't deemed done to the cost. Again in the 70's CN looked into it but the cost and time to do it wasnt worth it. Unfortunately the narrow gauge is what doomed the lines future.

@wavesnbikes 2 жыл бұрын

@@shnorth888 had it been standard gauged, would it still exist? What commodities would it carry?

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

@@wavesnbikes Unknow if the re-gauging would've have extended the railroads life. CN probably wouldn't be running it anymore. selling it to a short line operator more than likely. As for commodities the Newfoundland Railway carried pulpwood and other wood products, newsprint, mining minerals, some oil was also hauled. Also some locally manufactured goods. However most goods were shipped in from Canada or the U.S.

@marcleslac2413 Жыл бұрын

@@shnorth888 The only contender in my mind would be avondale,, but then it be one hell of a task

@Militaria-pr9rj Жыл бұрын

@@marcleslac2413 Avondale to Whitbourne would make for a fine run.

@1chuck96 2 жыл бұрын

Damn! I remember riding behind 6167 back in 1963 to a destination of which I don't recall. What I DO remember is that during a coal / water stop, and after “touring” her cab and returning to my seat in the coach behind with two of my buddies, my Dad had followed me and asked if I wanted to ride her cab, (as he must have known somebody IN the cab). I asked him if my two friends could ride as well, he said no...just me! I declined the offer and have lived to suffer that stupid decision I made some 50 + years ago. The adage here is that friends are wonderful, but to ride in the CAB of 6167 would have been amazing!

@mpravica 2 жыл бұрын

As a physicist, I absolutely LOVE the physics discussions here explaining how trains work and why they travel with so much less friction.

@dougb5202 2 жыл бұрын

That route map at 0:30 is not entirely accurate. Several of those branch lines, including the Northern and Burin peninsulas were never built.

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

Im not sure why the map was done that way. I know tracks were laid as far as Terranceville on the Burin Peninsula and one train was ran down that way but derailed and it was decided to scrap the idea and the existing tracks were taken up. The line was supposed to go to Burin itself As for the line going to Bonne Bay/ Woody Point, a rail bed was graded but no track was laid. Im not sure how far the railbed was built before this was dropped.

@Zyo117 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised to find the Trepassey line in there considering it only ran for a decade or two. To this day it's still hard to find the exact rail right-of-way, especially through LaManche

@ih302 9 ай бұрын

@@shnorth888 It would be very interesting to see any remaining evidence of the Bonne Bay line today...I guess one can only wonder what route it would have took through the mountains and where it would have crossed the mighty Humber.

@shirleybalinski4535 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the old Soo Line cars!! I lived in Michigan's Upper Penninsula. $Soo Line went right by our house. As a kid it was fun to wave at the conducted & engineer as they pulled long lines of cars by us as we stood there and waved. Saw lots of CN & CP cars too.

@BADBIKERBENNY 2 жыл бұрын

1970s Im surprised they are not using Imperial units.

@frankgarrett242 Жыл бұрын

I think these films are late 70’s.

@sushmatevatia 2 жыл бұрын

Big Like 👍 86 Beautiful 🌷👌 Vlog 👌😍 My friend 🌷👌😍 Excellent 💯💯🌹

@thehernandezmediacorporation 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the Canadian wide cab was available as early as '83.

@shnorth888 2 жыл бұрын

Actually the cab itself is not wide its just the nose in front. The cab part is the same width as standard loco cabs. The CN cabs first appeared in 1973 on MLW M420W and the GMD GP38-2W locomotives. The MLW version had a different look from the GMD version with the outer cab windows being slanted at the top instead of being cut straight across. Also the headlight was off center due to the cab door position. Here's a pic. rapidotrains.com/sites/default/files/jason_images/2019/12/Rapido-News-119-14-M420.jpg

@thehernandezmediacorporation 2 жыл бұрын

@@shnorth888 Yes, the nose.

@Belleville197 Жыл бұрын

as early as 1973 actually.

@bambambattle5681 2 жыл бұрын

Good job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@marvinm.messier1120 3 жыл бұрын

Films like this a far better than what you see produced today. No dumbing down, but instead perceptive and literate. Much more watchable this way! Great music, fashion and haircuts by the way!

@nikerailfanningttm9046 3 жыл бұрын

5:16 "but now this average is about ninety cars, and in some cases up to one hundred twenty five" LFMAO, in Canada, they still use short trains, CN will always be the railroad that can't do anything right.

@ace74909 Жыл бұрын

nanaimo is a good example of this