Canadian National Locomotive 5682
Name/Title
Canadian National Locomotive 5682Entry/Object ID
2021.1196.01Description
Black and white photograph showing Canadian National locomotive #5682 in the Capreol yard circa 1970. The photograph is focused on #5682, however it also shows an additional three Canadian National locomotives in the rail yard. #5682 is by the loading platform. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Photograph showing four locomotives in the Capreol yard circa 1970. 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
Capreol History, Canadian National