Canadian National: Letter Addressed to E. C. Goddard, Capreol ON, 1966
Letter
Name/Title
Canadian National: Letter Addressed to E. C. Goddard, Capreol ON, 1966Entry/Object ID
2021.1749.01Tags
Canadian National, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Union, Capreol, Ontario, E. C. Goddard, Ernst GoddardScope and Content
A letter addressed to Mr. E. C. Goddard, sent from R. W. Evans, a Trainmaster and Road Foreman. The letter is advising Goddard that he is required to attend an investigation at the office of R. W. Evans at 4:00pm on May 14th, 1966. The investigation has to do with Train No. 202 on May 13th, 1966 because it passed a signal displaying a stop indication, the result of which caused the east power switch at Foleyet to be run through.Context
E. C. Goddard was working as an engineman on that train during the time of the incident. 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 NationalCataloged By
Kat BezaireCategory
Primary Source