Although the main line was itself a signal feat of engineering and political optimism, branch lines were also integral to the Newfoundland railway.

The history of the railway: The construction period, the Reid family, the Government of Newfoundland, Canadian National Railways, and TerraTransport.

Operations of the Newfoundland railway and the types of equipment that was required.

The Newfoundland railway operated for a little over a century. From 1882-97 the trains ran over completed portions of a projected trans-insular line.

Advances in transportation during the late 1800s and the early 1900s affected the development of the forestry and mining industries in Newfoundland and Labrador.