Canadian National: Station Baggage Forwarding and Received Record
Name/Title
Canadian National: Station Baggage Forwarding and Received RecordEntry/Object ID
2021.1055.01Description
Form, station baggage forwarding and received record. The form itself is blank however it includes the areas to record: station name, date, forwarded: date, train number, numbers, destination, tickets passes and commercial certificate numbers: issuing line and form number, number, received: date, train number, numbers, signature of agent or baggageman. These forms were due on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and end of each month. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used by Canadian National's baggagemen and agents to record forwarding and received baggage on a bi-weekly basis. The numbers were recorded daily and the forms were submitted bi-weekly. 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