Gaff TopSail Station.  This station is 332 miles from St. Johns. This peculiar name stems from mountain
peaks in this region, Mizzen Topsail, Gaff Topsail, and Main Topsail, which are said to resemble a sailing
ship when viewed at a distance from the ocean. That is Philip "Frenchy" Boldue sitting on the speeder.
They have stopped here to check with the dispatcher on train schedules. There is a freight due, so they
will back down to the passing track and wait. The airman standing by the water tank is unknown.
Jerome Young photograph.
The freight has passed through Gaff TopSail and is headed around the curve in the distance.
Gaff TopSail station in the background. The crew are walking back to their speeder standing
on the siding in the foreground Both photographs by Jerome Young.
Just east of Gaff TopSail is the small station of Caribou at M.P.319.00. The crew has stopped
here to check on train movements. S/Sgt Curtiss Drumheller is checking his watch and Joe
Louie, our squadron mechanic, is at the door. Jerome Young photograph.
Jerome captured these ballast cars on film at the Shoal Harbour gravel pit while at Camp-I in
the summer of 1953. Camp-I was located to the right of this photo at the south end of the
passing track.
View of the North West river bridge at Port Blanford. Jerome took this photo in
the summer of 1953.
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