Canadian National Mechanical Department: Locomotive Handbook
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Canadian National Mechanical Department: Locomotive HandbookEntry/Object ID
2022.310.01Tags
Canadian National, Operating Manual, Railway History, LocomotivesScope and Content
Canadian National branded locomotive handbook, published by the mechanical department.Context
The book is a reference guide for the operation and maintenance of Canadian National diesel locomotives. The manual includes: 1. Locomotive Safety Inspection Procedures: - preliminaries to a walk around inspection - Definition of a Safety Inspection - Bottom Deck Check - Top Deck Check 2. Locomotive Start up Procedures: - Locomotive Securement - Appendix A - GM Locomotive Start-up - Basic Troubleshooting - Appendix B - GE Locomotive Start-up - Basic Troubleshooting - Appendix C - Draining a Dead Locomotive 3. Functional Brake Test: - Step 1 - Step 2 - Step 3 - Step 4 - Step 5 - Step 6 - Step 7 - Step 8 - Step 9 - Step 10 - Step 11 - Step 12 - Step 13 - Step 14 - Step 15 - Step 16 Test TIBS - Step 16 Testing an IDU (US & S Digitair 6656) - Changing an IDU 4. LCS air Brake Test: - Functional (LSC Flatyard) 5. Appendix 1 - Air Pressure Settings - Standard Air Pressure Settings 6. Appendix 2 - Brake Cylinder Pressure - (2) Normal Brake Cylinder Pressure (psi) 7. Appendix 3 - Wheels 8. Appendix 4 - Couplers (Acceptable and Unacceptable) 9. Appendix 5 - Multiple Unit Operation 10. Appendix 6 - Dead Haul 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
Canadian National, Railway History, GeneralCataloged By
Kat BezaireCategory
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