Newfoundlander (train)

The Newfoundlander (French: L'Terreneuvien) is a passenger train with adjoining ferry service operated by and  in Canada between,  and. The Newfoundlander's service runs overnight in both directions, adding a change of consist from the standard gauge of the mainland to the narrow gauge of. A ferry, the MV Newfoundlander, brings passengers from to  to board the narrow-gauge consist.

Route
The route of the Newfoundlander begins with a standard-gauge consist that runs through eastern Canada including the Island of Montreal and the city's skyline and suburbs, the lower St. Lawrence River valley, the Matapédia River valley, the south shore of Chaleur Bay and the forests of eastern New Brunswick, the Tantramar Marshes, and mixed farmland in Prince Edward Island before stopping for a ferry to Channel-Port aux Basques, where a narrow-gauge consist takes the route through farmland and coastal areas of Newfoundland to St. John's.

Standard gauge
The usual consist for the standard gauge section of the route is fourteen Renaissance cars - a baggage car, several coach cars, a dining car bracketed by two service cars, multiple sleeping cars, a transition car (due to differing couplers on the Renaissance equipment) - and a "Park" Sleeper Buffet-Lounge Dome Observation Car, adding for a total of fifteen cars. The standard gauge consist is almost invariably hauled by a pair of London, Ontario-built GMD F40PH locomotives, all of which CAD Railway Industries of Montreal has upgraded to the F40PH-3 model.

Narrow gauge
The current consist for the narrow gauge section of the route is fifteen Newfoundlander cars built by at,  - a baggage car, several coach cars, a dining and buffet car bracketed by two service cars, multiple sleeping cars and a dome car. The narrow gauge consist is hauled by a pair of Vossloh Afro 4000 engines built by in,.