Canadian National Railways: Employee Trip Pass, Toronto to Capreol and back, R. N. McKinnon,1956
Name/Title
Canadian National Railways: Employee Trip Pass, Toronto to Capreol and back, R. N. McKinnon,1956Entry/Object ID
2021.1529.01Description
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 round trip from Capreol to Toronto and back, issued August 28th, 1956. It had to be used by October 1956. The pass includes the areas to record: name, account, from, to, date issued, expires, address, required by, signature of conductor, train number, date Distinguishing Features: Blue card with black and red inkContext
Original document belonging to R. N. Roland McKinnon, a locomotive fireman, son of J. B. John Bergen McKinnon, a locomotive engineer. It was assigned to him in 1956. 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