Canadian National Rail Train Dispatcher Study Material
Name/Title
Canadian National Rail Train Dispatcher Study MaterialEntry/Object ID
2021.794.01Description
Book containing a study guide for students wanting to become train dispatchers for Canadian National. Contains rules as well as term definitions. There are also practice tests and quizzes in the book. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, a real study guide used by a train dispatcher student. 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