Canadian National: CN Freight Car Types CN 950 (12-74)
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Canadian National: CN Freight Car Types CN 950 (12-74)Entry/Object ID
1999.0027.0007Description
Pocket Guide, pamphlet of a list of Canadian National Freight Car Types, CN 950 (12-74) 48-07-447. The pamphlet opens to list all of the types and categorizes them by: car number, C.I.P. SYM-BOL, G.S.T SYM-BOL, description, average tare tons. The list was provided to employees to interpret symbols assigned to freight cars that are both CN and foreign. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document provided to Canadian National employees to assist in interpreting symbols on freight cars. 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
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Canadian National