Best Practices Train Handling Guide Bala Subdivision
Name/Title
Best Practices Train Handling Guide Bala SubdivisionEntry/Object ID
2021.833.01Description
Book, guide to best practices for trainmen from Canadian National. Includes a colour reference to throttle manipulation, dynamic brake, and automatic brakes. It also includes a pictorial reference for: throttle manipulation, dynamic brakes, automatic brakes, electric locks, direction, hot box detector, stand-alone dragging equipment detector, public crossing, left curve, right curve, signal numbers, spring switches and miles, sidings/spur, main line, grade, PSGR platform, station name, speed zone. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, used by trainmen, locomotive engineers, and conductor locomotive operators. 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