CN Rail System Map
Name/Title
CN Rail System MapEntry/Object ID
2021.441.01Description
A systems map for Canadian National railways. Features both US and Canadian cities including: Chicago, Windsor-Detroit, Montreal, Moncton, Halifax, etc. Distinguishing Features: Cover features an image of the mapContext
Original document, original copy of the Canadian National systems map for North America. 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
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National