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or a couple of decades in the late 1800’s, America was gripped by narrow gauge fever. Considerably
cheaper to capitalize and build than standard gauge railroads, their propo- nents touted their ability to operate on sharper curves and without the need for extensive cuts, fills and tunnels, while using equipment that weighed less, and cost less, than standard gauge. As a re- sult, approximately 350 narrow gauge common carrier railroads were built in the United States. Canada and Mexico
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had theirs, too. Most were local in na- ture and the large majority of them were three-foot gauge lines. While not too popular in the United States, the British imperial gauge, 3′-6″ (42″), was used extensively in many parts of the British Empire and some could be found in the U.S., particularly in the south. North of the border, Canada and Newfoundland were both part of the British Empire and both had 3′-6″ gauge railroads. Being an island opera- tion that did not have to interchange equipment with other lines, the New- foundland Railway’s 3′-6″ gauge sur- vived until 1988, long after most other North American narrow gauge lines. I first became aware of the Newfound-
land operation after reading Omer Lavallée’s Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada. In 1977, my friend, Chuck Kil- lian, and I went to the island to see the railroad for ourselves. Our venture north was part of a cross-country railfan safari, so our budget didn’t allow for a long stay. Still, the four days on the island gave us a glimpse of a railroad that seemed to have been lost in time and we recognized that we were seeing something special. In hindsight, I wish we had been able to spend much more time there, but fi- nances being what they were, I am thankful that we got there at all. The caboose plans on page 58 offer a
look at a piece of rolling stock that was built for use on the island 20 years be-
True to its narrow gauge heritage, the lightly ballasted tracks followed the undulated contour of the land much more closely than a typical standard gauge mainline would. Note that this caboose (below) has a narrow, offset cupola. This was done for clearance at some water- tanks. These three window (bottom) and four window (page 93, top) cabooses lacked cupolas.
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