Canadian National: Locomotive Engineer Operating Manual Form 8960
Name/Title
Canadian National: Locomotive Engineer Operating Manual Form 8960Entry/Object ID
2021.1064.01Description
Booklet, operating manual provided to locomotive engineers. The manual is on Form 8960. The manual covers: general instructions, taking charge and leaving locomotives, General Motor Locomotives, General Electric Locomotives, Locomotive brakes, train handling, distributed power. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document distributed to locomotive engineers to use as reference since it is an operating manual. 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