Canadian National: Plans Showing Proposed Trackage and Yard Facilities at Sellwood
Name/Title
Canadian National: Plans Showing Proposed Trackage and Yard Facilities at SellwoodEntry/Object ID
2021.1191.01Description
Plans written by Canadian National for the proposed trackage and yard facilities to be installed at Sellwood. They were drawn on July 18th 1956 and revised on August 27th, 1956. Sellwood is part of the Northern Ontario District, the Capreol Division, as a Ruel Subdivision. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, the official copy of the plans. 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