Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company, Central Vermont Railway: Safety Rules for the Government of Maintenance of Equipment Employees
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Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company, Central Vermont Railway: Safety Rules for the Government of Maintenance of Equipment EmployeesEntry/Object ID
2018.251.01Description
Book, safety rules published and used by: Canadian National, Grand Trunk Western, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific, and Central Vermont, governing the maintenance of equipment employees. It covers: preface, index, notice, to supervisors and foremen, general rules prohibitions and cautions, battery work, cars, compressed air, cranes derricks and hoists, electrical and power plant work, eye and face protection, fire precaution, foundry, gasses and gas cylinders, high tension lines: clearing circuits, locomotives, machines (operating), pole line work, power plant and electrical work, tanks and tank cars, tools, trucks and tractors, turn tables Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document published by Canadian National and its' sub-lines on the safety rules associated with equipment 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, Grand Trunk, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific, Central Vermont