Magazine. CN’s Century: Part 1 the First 50 Years, 1919-1969. Snow Sheds Along the Skeena. Wheel-Slip Detections. From First-Class Coach to Drover’s Car.” CN Lines Vol 19 No 3 Issue 72. May 2019
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Magazine. CN’s Century: Part 1 the First 50 Years, 1919-1969. Snow Sheds Along the Skeena. Wheel-Slip Detections. From First-Class Coach to Drover’s Car.” CN Lines Vol 19 No 3 Issue 72. May 2019Entry/Object ID
2019.004.001Description
CN Lines Magazine Vol 19 No 3 Issue 72, May 2019. Articles include "CN’s Century: Part 1 the First 50 Years, 1919-1969"; "Snow Sheds Along the Skeena"; and "What Speed Now: Wheel-Slip Detections and From First Class Coach to Drover's Car". The front cover has a colour photograph of CN engine 6516 running along a track with a snow capped Mount Robson (Rockies Mountain Range) in the background. The rear cover has a black and white photograph of passengers and crewmen (four women is dresses, two of them also wearing scarves on their heads, and one man with a sailor's hat) posing onboard a CNR Pacific coast steam ship, the ex-GTP SS Prince George. There are 47 numbered pages. Sold for $6.50. Two Copies.Context
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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Railway History, Canadian National and VIA Rail