Canadian National: Certificate of Examination, Operating Rules Book B, J. P. Byrnes, 1958
Name/Title
Canadian National: Certificate of Examination, Operating Rules Book B, J. P. Byrnes, 1958Entry/Object ID
2021.1563.01Description
Canadian National branded certificate of examination, issued to J.P. Byrnes on September 26th, 1958. The examination was on operating rules book "B" and it was an oral exam. Byrnes passed the exam on September 26th, 1958 and had to be reexamined on September 26th, 1961. The certificate also includes the areas to record: name, date of exam, written on examination book, oral examination on book, written, oral, date of reexamination, signature of examiner Distinguishing Features: Tan coloured card with black and blue inkContext
Original document belonging to J. P. Byrnes. 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
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Canadian National