Canadian National Railways: Employee Trip Pass, Toronto to Parry Sound and Back, J. C. Little and Wife,1930
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Canadian National Railways: Employee Trip Pass, Toronto to Parry Sound and Back, J. C. Little and Wife,1930Entry/Object ID
2021.1559.01Description
Canadian National branded employee trip pass issued to J. C. Little, a locomotive fireman and his wife in 1930. The pass was good for a first class trip from Toronto to Parry Sound and back and it was issued on October 9th, 1930. It was good until the end of December 1930. The reverse side features conditions of the pass. Distinguishing Features: Green coloured paper featuring black and red inkContext
Original document belonging to J. C. Little. 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