Cornerbrook Nfld

Snow removal attachment

 

 

 

We did a trip down to Cornerbrook as needed a few supplies we could not get in park area.  This is where most people in the area do their major shopping as there is just about every big box store you could want around.  We stopped at a small railway museum and had a tour.  It had the original narrow gauge trains as they were smaller and easier to maneuver. They also needed to remove snow from tracks so this machine was attached at the front of the train, but was on its own system, no facilities.  The fellows working in this had to be awake the whole time and watching the tracks, very stressful job at the time.  The locals called the train, the “Newfie bullet”, it wasn’t very fast, but it stopped wherever anyone wanted it to. Unfortunately, they did not match up with any other trains that CN had running elsewhere across the country.  The last passenger train in Newfoundland was in 1969 and last freight was in 1988.  It has all been replaced by truck traffic.

We have always joked that all RV Parks are near working railway lines, this is the place we have ever staid that this is not the case!