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The Newfoundland Railway was a railway which operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of , it was the longest narrow gauge railway system in North America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Railway:Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage )〕 ==Early construction== ] In 1880, a committee of the Newfoundland Legislature recommended that a narrow gauge railway be built from the colonial capital in St. John's to Halls Bay, to the west. Construction was started on the Avalon Peninsula in August 1881 by the Blackman Syndicate. By 1884, the Newfoundland Railway Company had built west to Whitbourne before going into receivership. The bondholders of the bankrupt Newfoundland Railway Company continued to build a branch line from Whitbourne to Harbour Grace (the Harbour Grace Railway), which was completed by November of that same year.〔(//www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/economy/railway-branch-lines.php )〕 The colonial government undertook to build a branch from the junction at Whitbourne to the port of Placentia between 1886 and 1888. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newfoundland Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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