A Geologist went on the Railway

Spain - July-August 1995 Castillo de Coca - 16th Century Castle: what most people associate with Spain What I was more interested in when in Spain My then girlfriend's family originally came from Spain so we decided that we should take a trip to Spain on one of my work breaks in early 1995.  We had everything planned and tickets purchased when Canada and Spain got into a spat about Turbot - the Turbot War.   Spain changed their rules on tourist visas with Canadians requiring a tourist visa to get into the country.  Suddenly I was trying to figure out how to get an entry Visa. Normally this would not be an issue, but while all the changes happened I was working in Argentina.  Much more difficult to source a Canadian tourist Visa from there.   We ended up deciding that if I was not able to get into Spain we would just take a holiday in England as our flights connected through Heathrow.  At the end of all of this Spain and Canada settled their differ...

QNS&L 702 was used in the construction of the railway. The orange station in the background sees regular passenger service to this day I'll complete my tour of the North Shore of the St. Lawrence with the Quebec, North Shore and Labrador Railway, otherwise known as the QNS&L.  This was one of the first railways completed in the region to access the iron ore in the Labrador Trough, a geologic feature that hosts significant deposits of iron ore.   While I didn't work on the north end of the QNS&L, I frequently flew into Sept Iles to continue east to Havre St. Pierre and beyond.  Whenever I had time and opportunity I would railfan the area, and got to see quite a few areas.  Unfortunately by the time I got to the region public access to the facilities was very restricted.  Lingering too long in one spot would get you a visit from a security guard telling you to move along.  That said, you could still see quite a bit of railway activity. ...