Canadian National Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2
Name/Title
Canadian National Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2Entry/Object ID
2021.682.01Description
Second volume to a book discussing the colour guides to freight and passenger trains for Canadian National. It also provides examples of the shades meant for each different piece of equipment used by Canadian National. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Discusses the colour guides for colours used over the years by Canadian National. 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