Canadian National Railways Employee Trip Pass, Capreol to North Bay, R. M. McKinnon, 1951
Name/Title
Canadian National Railways Employee Trip Pass, Capreol to North Bay, R. M. McKinnon, 1951Entry/Object ID
2021.1519.01Description
Canadian National branded employee trip pass issued to R. N. McKinnon, Roland McKinnon a fireman, son of John Bergen McKinnon, a locomotive engineer, originally starting as a fireman. The ticket was a one way trip from Capreol to North Bay, dated September 16th, 1951. It was good for McKinnon as well as one other employee. It had to be used by September 20th, 1951. Distinguishing Features: Pink coloured paper with black and red inkContext
Original document, one way trip pass issued to R. M. McKinnon, in 1951. 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