CN Railways Engineering Training #78 On-the-Job Training for new employees
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CN Railways Engineering Training #78 On-the-Job Training for new employeesEntry/Object ID
2021.1577.01Description
Book, Canadian National branded engineering training manual, book #78. The manual was for on-the-job training for new employees. It includes instructions on: introduction, main points, tools, safe lifting and handling, track motor car, use of a track line-up, safety, use of radios and phones. The manual also includes graphics and figures for proper instruction. Distinguishing Features: Yellow cover sheet with black inkContext
Original document original copy of the Canadian National training manual for engineering training for on-the-job training for new employees. 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