Canadian National Timetables: April 29 - September 29, 1956

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Canadian National Timetables: April 29 - September 29, 1956

Entry/Object ID

2022.352.01

Tags

Canadian National, Passenger Trains

Scope and Content

Timetables published by Canadian National for passenger trains running between April 29th and September 29th, 1956

Context

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

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Timetable

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Schedule

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Canadian National

Date(s) of Creation

1919

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Canadian National Timetables: April 29 - September 29, 1956

Description

Timetables published by Canadian National for passenger trains running between April 29th and September 29th, 1956

Creator

Canadian National

Date(s) of Creation

Apr 29, 1956 - Sep 29, 1956

Subjects

Timetables, Passenger cars, Trains

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

30291

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Unknown, the item currently only exists as a digital copy

Location

Location

Location

Document Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Notes

The item currently only exists as a digital copy

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Mar 18, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Notes

The item currently only exists as a digital copy

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian National

Owner/Agent

Canadian National

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Montreal, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on May 29, 2015 by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on March 18, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 20, 2022