6060 The Spirit of Alberta
Name/Title
6060 The Spirit of AlbertaEntry/Object ID
2021.590.01Description
Film describing Harry Home's effort to restore locomotive 6060 to steam, it then traveled from Jasper Alberta to Vancouver for the steam expo in 1986. Features footage of the locomotive traveling through British Columbia, showing how much work it took to run a steam powered locomotive. It is shown traveling through Alberta as well. The train then was turned over to Heritage Canada to become a national historic site. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Showcases the process of restoring 6060, shows how steam engines ran, by the end the locomotive was turned into a national historic site. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National