Mechanical Highlights of the Canadian National's 6060s (English and French Version)
Name/Title
Mechanical Highlights of the Canadian National's 6060s (English and French Version)Entry/Object ID
2017.38.12Description
Booklet describing the mechanical highlights of CNR Mountain Type Steam Locomotive #6060. Provides a history of the locomotive as well as technical aspects pertaining to the way the locomotive ran. There is also a brief timeline established. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Discusses the history as well as mechanical components of CNR Steam Locomotive #6060. 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