Canadian National: Advance Notice Perishable Traffic
Name/Title
Canadian National: Advance Notice Perishable TrafficEntry/Object ID
2021.1056.01Description
Form, advance notice for perishable traffic. The form is blank however it includes areas to record the following: train number, sent from, time, date, car initial, car number, contents, heating-icing-ventilation instructions, vents open or closed leaving, heaters burning or out leaving, sent to. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used and distributed by Canadian National to record the conditions needed for perishable traffic and cargo. 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