A Line of Canadian National Diesel Locomotives
Name/Title
A Line of Canadian National Diesel LocomotivesEntry/Object ID
2021.1237.01Description
Black and white photograph of a line of 5 Canadian National branded diesel locomotives. The photograph is a front view of all five engines which are lined up on five separate tracks. Engines #s: 6400, 6401, 6402, 6403, 6404 Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, photograph showing the 5 diesel locomotives 6400-6404 circa 1950. 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