Canadian National: Employee Trip Pass, Stratford to Capreol, T. G. Clark and Wife, 1961
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Canadian National: Employee Trip Pass, Stratford to Capreol, T. G. Clark and Wife, 1961Entry/Object ID
2021.1678.01Description
Canadian National branded employee trip pass assigned to Mr. T. G. Clark, a diesel engineer and his wife on July 18th, 1961. The pass was good from a trip from to Stratford ON from Capreol ON and back, and it was valid until the end of December, 1961. Distinguishing Features: Blue coloured paper with black and red inkContext
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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