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The Railway
In Clarenville
Clarenville Heritage Society
Keeping the Railway History Alive
Page 2
Engine 900 in the 1950's
Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chris Abbott
October, 2006 – Clarenville has been offered a once in a
lifetime opportunity.
The Railway Coastal Museum in St. John’s is
prepared to hand over the province’s first
diesel locomotive and a Canadian National
Railway dining car to the Clarenville Heritage
Society.
But there’s a catch. While the two cars are
being donated, the Society will have to pay to
have them transported to Clarenville.
The locomotive alone weighs about 60 tonnes.
According to Heritage Society member Steve
Bonnell there are only two companies in the
eastern portion of the province that can manage
the job.
Transporting the two cars from their current
home at the Railway Coastal Museum on Mount Scio
Road in St. John’s to Clarenville will cost
between $20,000-$25,000.
Source:
Kirk
Squires,
The Packet
Engine 900 getting ready to be taken to
Clarenville
Photograph: Courtesy
Stephen Bonnell ©
Dining Car getting ready to be taken to
Clarenville
Photograph: Courtesy
Stephen Bonnell ©
May, 2007 – Clarenville
prepares for arrival of 900 locomotive.
It was September, 1990, when the last train
trundled through Clarenville.
Now, almost 17 years later another diesel
locomotive is preparing to make one last
stop in the town.
However, this time the locomotive will be
traveling by highway instead of rails.
The number 900 locomotive and a Canadian
National Railway dining car are expected to
make the journey to Clarenville as early as
this week says Clarenville Heritage Society
president Camilla O’Shea.
The Society would just have to cover the
cost of transportation, approximately
$27,000.
Not willing to let this chance of a lifetime
slip away the group went to work to raise
the necessary funds.
Source:
Kirk
Squires,
The Packet
Engine 900 and CN Dining Car Marine
Drive
Clarenville
Photograph: Courtesy
Darrell Steele ©
Engine 900 and CN Dining Car Marine
Drive
Clarenville
Photograph: Courtesy
Darrell Steele ©
Engine 900 being moved to Heritage
Project Display
Photograph: Courtesy
Darrell Steele ©
Heritage Project Train Display
Photograph: Courtesy
Darrell Steele ©
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