Canadian National: Operating Rules Instruction Certificate, Brakeman Book B-1, Joseph C. Gaudaur, 1952
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Canadian National: Operating Rules Instruction Certificate, Brakeman Book B-1, Joseph C. Gaudaur, 1952Entry/Object ID
2021.1716.01Description
Canadian National branded operating rules instruction certificate. The certificate was given to Joseph C. Gaudaur in 1952 for completing and passing his examination on operating rules book B-1 for promotion to brakeman. The card features the areas to record: place, date, name, division name, district name, entrance to service/promotion to, book, signature of examiner Distinguishing Features: White coloured paper with black and blue inkContext
Original document belonging to J. C. Gaudaur. 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