VIA Rail Canada: The First Five Years

Name/Title

VIA Rail Canada: The First Five Years

Entry/Object ID

2021.1790.01

Tags

Canadian National, VIA Rail, Canadian Pacific

Scope and Content

Book describing VIA rail's first 5 years in operation

Context

The book also features a timeline, as well as historic photographs, maps, and other graphics to tell VIA's history. It also maps out VIA's routes as of 1982. It is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. VIA's Beginnings 2. A Showcase: The Corridor 3. VIA's Best: The Transcontinentals 4. VIA's Power 5. East to the Maritimes 6. Quebec 7. Hub of VIA: Ontario 8. Prairie Travellers 9. VIA's Far West 10. The Cuts: VIA's Hard Times 11. The Future of VIA

Collection

Canadian National, Canadian Pacific History

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

PTJ Publishing

Date(s) of Creation

1968

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

VIA Rail Canada: The First Five Years

Description

Book describing VIA rail's first 5 years in operation

Creator

Tom Nelligan

Date(s) of Creation

1982

Subjects

Books, Railroad passenger cars, Railways, Trains

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Park Forest, Illinois

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

150

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-937658-08-1

Dimensions

Width

11 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Location

Location

Wall

Canadian National Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 14, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Embrittlement

Date Examined

Feb 14, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, staples

Notes

The spine has grown brittle, therefore some pages are no longer attached

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian National

Owner/Agent

Canadian National

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Montreal, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on February 14th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

March 1, 2022