tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post115708048763271349..comments2023-10-31T12:06:47.591-03:00Comments on labradore: I*elandWJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-1157249367491200402006-09-02T23:09:00.000-03:002006-09-02T23:09:00.000-03:00if the decision to use standard gauge was made bac...<B>if the decision to use standard gauge was made back in the late 1800's then today we might just have a railway here on the island.</B><BR/><BR/>And if it had been standard guage, who knows; one of the many 19th and 20th-century proposals for a railway to Labrador — usually with a terminus around Cape St. Charles or Chateau — might just have come to fruition... along with, eventually, a fixed link to a branch line running up the Northern Peninsula.WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-1157213212098172862006-09-02T13:06:00.000-03:002006-09-02T13:06:00.000-03:00i worked 16 years with the railway on the island. ...i worked 16 years with the railway on the island. a lot spent in port aux basques at a place called truck to truck. there we took the box cars off standard gauge trucks and put them on narrow gauge ones.(then the load limit had to be smaller) if the decision to use standard gauge was made back in the late 1800's then today we might just have a railway here on the island.Table Mountainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782230019868009906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-1157129397589702842006-09-01T13:49:00.000-03:002006-09-01T13:49:00.000-03:00This isn't another voice of madness crying out fro...<B>This isn't another voice of madness crying out from the Newfoundland wilderness.</B><BR/><BR/>No, but it's a voice of Newfoundland nationalist madness echoing off the Emerald Isle.<BR/><BR/><B>you might want to provide a short history of oil prices in the 20th century and the advent of the automobile for the sake of comparison. Even railways in densely populated places such as Europe and the US were shutting down en masse following WWII due to cheap cars, cheap oil and cheap suburban housing.</B><BR/><BR/>All of which is alluded to or linked to in my post. You may wish to re-read it.<BR/><BR/><B>There may come a time when we regret tearing up infrastructure as in this case.</B><BR/><BR/>The ROW is still there! That's the key. And if there ever is to be another railway in Newfoundland, a hint for next time: standard guage!WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-1157127938461778002006-09-01T13:25:00.000-03:002006-09-01T13:25:00.000-03:00So what, an IRISHMAN believes Newfoundland would h...So what, an IRISHMAN believes Newfoundland would have done better to have retained it's railroad. This isn't another voice of madness crying out from the Newfoundland wilderness. I'm not gonna argue that you're wrong about the wastefulness and futility of maintaining a railway in Newfoundland but you might want to provide a short history of oil prices in the 20th century and the advent of the automobile for the sake of comparison. Even railways in densely populated places such as Europe and the US were shutting down en masse following WWII due to cheap cars, cheap oil and cheap suburban housing. In Montreal, in fact, the rising cost of gasoline and conngestion on roadways has prompted the reconstruction of suburban railways that have been closed for decades due to competition with cars; this is happening in many places. Who knows? There may come a time when we regret tearing up infrastructure as in this case.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192434366533809267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-1157127474716126252006-09-01T13:17:00.000-03:002006-09-01T13:17:00.000-03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192434366533809267noreply@blogger.com