The Newfoundland Railway was not merely a convenient route to the middle of nowhere.

The labour force of Newfoundland and Labrador is now more highly diversified than is usually realized.

Newfoundland and Labrador's physical environment greatly influenced the ways settlers made a living during the 19th century. The richness of marine resources encouraged a pattern of coastal settlement and made the cod and seal fisheries central to local economies. In contrast, the relative scarcity of good soils and other terrestrial resources made large-scale farming operations impractical and discouraged year-round habitation of interior spaces.

Decades of overfishing in Newfoundland and Labrador caused the northern cod stocks to collapse during the 1990s and resulted in a moratorium.

Newfoundland and Labrador's forests are a renewable resource, so long as they are harvested in a sustainable way.

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.

The gradual mechanization of Newfoundland and Labrador's logging industry changed the way loggers interacted with forest ecosystems.

The Railway Settlement Act and the Newfoundland Government Railway (1920-49)--Society--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web

A major concern surrounding Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry is that it may do serious damage to the ocean environment.

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

The Newfoundland Railway linked not only opened up the western interior of the island, but also provided a link between Newfoundland and Canada

The Newfoundland railway impacted the province economically, socially, and politically.

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.

It was anticipated from the first that the railway would transform Newfoundland and its society as a whole.

On the completion of the railway line, there was an attempt to consolidate and expand coastal steamship services in Newfoundland and Labrador...

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.

Reid Descendants--Society--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web

Robert Gillespie Reid and his descendants left an imprint on numerous aspects of Newfoundland business, politics and society.

Few issues surrounding the Newfoundland Railway attracted as much controversy as the lands grants made under various construction contracts...