Steam in Northern Ontario: CNR operations from Toronto to Lake Superior in the 1950s
Name/Title
Steam in Northern Ontario: CNR operations from Toronto to Lake Superior in the 1950sEntry/Object ID
2021.787.01Description
Book describing the history of the Canadian National Northern Ontario District mainline from the Don Valley in Toronto to the Lake Superior Region, with a focus on the 1950s. Includes: Don Valley, Lake Superior, South Parry, North Bay, Ontario Northland, school cars, Algoma Central, Oba, Capreol, Foleyet, Hornepayne, Jelicoe, Nakina, and Armstrong. Contains historic photographs and maps. Two copies. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Contains historical photographs, maps, and context to tell the history of Canadian National's Northern Ontario District. 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