Re: SER1 Re: labrador trip

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Hi Tom,

Check out http://www.relaisnordik.com/en/home/242.cfm.  The only obvious
change I can see from '95 is that the old bucket is now operated by
Transport Desgagnes and has a new paint job.  There's a photo of a car
being swung aboard in one of their old 'open-end' containers, and quick
profiles of the ports-of-call.  On the return we could go as far as
Rimouski, which would further reduce the road miles.  Of course, we'd have
to schedule backwards if the ship part is last, so the argument could
still be made for an east-west loop, but I think it would be better to
allow some time west-east that could be 'burned off' in Newfoundland if
there are no problems enroute.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Tom Tollefson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:06:33 -0500
> From: Tom Tollefson <tollefson@xxxxxxx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: SER1 Re: labrador trip
>
>
>
> George E Sollish wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I hadn't thought about the fact that the railroad won't take our Rovers.
> > That means we're looking at the Baie-Comeau/Labrador City Road which,
> > checking http://www.twoseasonsinn.com/en/directions.htm, doesn't look to
> > bad although it is long at 581km.  From the 2004 Official Highway Map of
> > Newfoundland and Labrador the other legs are:
> >
> > Labrador City/Churchill Falls		238km
> > Churchill Falls/Goose Bay		288km
> > Cartwright/Red Bay			411km
> >
> > Total road, Baie-Comeau/Blac Sablon	1518km
> >
> > The ferry Goose Bay/Cartwright runs in summer
>
> have a look at schedules and fares @
> http://www.gov.nl.ca/FerryServices/schedules/I-goosebay-cartwright.stm
> looks like a 10 hour trip for under $120.00 (car & driver)
>
>   Re the coastal boat from
> > Blanc Sablon to Sept Iles, it transported cars and trucks when I took it
> > in '95, although it's not a ferry
>
> I like the idea of taking the slow boat from blanc sablon
>
> I did not realize there was a cargo option for the Rovers. We'll have to
>   investigate further
> That would certainly shave off a large portion of road mileage and time.
> And the St lawrence north shore is rather spectacular from a scenic
> point. This would also mke the trip feasible in a 2 week timeframe.
>
> Some more sites
> http://www.amxfiles.com/stoneji/97trip/tlh_notes.htm
> http://www.artistic.ca/dteed/labrador.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/tlh.html
>
>
> Tom

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