Newfoundland Railway (1990)

The Newfoundland Railway (reporting mark NFLD) is a railway operating on island in the Canadian province of, mostly on trackage formerly used by. The 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge railway system does not connect to the national rail network. It is operated by SFG Railway Operations, the railroad holding company division of Seagrounds Financial Group. Passenger services are sub-contracted to, who operates three trains on the Newfoundland Railway: the St. John's–Corner Brook train with Budd RDCs rebuilt for the narrow-gauge system, the St. John's–St. Anthony train using narrow-gauge equipment, and the Newfoundlander using narrow-gauge equipment while in Newfoundland.

History
In 1996, the Newfoundland Railway began building a new line to Corner Brook, to run container trains from harbor to  and vice-versa. Construction for the extension was mostly funded by provincial and federal grants.

In 2003, the Newfoundland Railway opened the Gulf Subdivision, connecting Newfoundland with the French overseas collectivity of by way of a roll-on roll-off train ferry from  to. The Saint-Pierre section primarily serves local industries, mainly the crab fishing industry.

Motive power
The modern Newfoundland Railway's roster mostly consisted of older GMD narrow-gauge models and second-hand engines from other countries that use the 3 ft 6 in gauge (such as, Raland and ) until 2015, when the railroad ordered seven GE C30ACi engines. In 2018, nine GT42ACs were ordered, with the first two being built in  and the rest being built in. In 2019, Newfoundland Railway purchased three s from, which were overhauled to meet Canadian railway standards at before being exported to Canada (being transported from  to Halifax by way of the  before being brought by ro-ro ship to St. John's).

The ex-South African engines were overhauled with Canadian-made components by, while the ex-Queensland Railways and ex-WAGR engines were overhauled by.


 * 3 s
 * 4 s
 * 7 GE C30ACis
 * 9 EMD GT42ACs
 * 2 GE U18C1s (ex-)
 * 3 s (ex-)
 * 2 GL26Cs (ex-)
 * 2 GL26C-2s (ex-)
 * 2 G12CUs (ex-) (both in "patched" WAGR paint schemes)
 * 3 EMD G22ARs (ex-)
 * 4 s (ex-)
 * 2 GE U20Cs (ex-)
 * 3 GE U20Cs (ex-Raland Railways)
 * 2 s (ex-WEZCO Raland Ore)

Total engines: 48

Freight cars
The first set of 40 new boxcars were built from 1997-98 by in. of built the initial sets of 20 tank cars and 30 grain hoppers, which were essentially "scaled-down" narrow-gauge versions of their regular models.

In 2003, National Steel Car built another 10 boxcars, along with 16 new grain hopper cars.

In 2014-15, of  built 30 new boxcars and 20 new grain hoppers for the Newfoundland Railway. They were shipped from to  and then transported on ro-ro ships to St. John's.