Canadian Rail Operating Rules (Excluding Train Order Control System and Movement by Signal Indication)
Name/Title
Canadian Rail Operating Rules (Excluding Train Order Control System and Movement by Signal Indication)Entry/Object ID
2020.055.021Description
Book, operation rules for all Canadian Rails. This book was distributed to Canadian National's employees. This book is the basis for Canadian National's operating rules. It covers: general notice, general rules, operation rules: notes, time and time tables, signals: general, protection of impassable or slow track, movement of trains and engines, radio, general procedures, general bulletin order, forms of GBO, occupancy control system rules, special control system rules, general description and location of fixed signals, block and interlocking signals, automatic block signal system rules, centralized traffic control system rules, interlocking rules, suggested sample rules. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used by Canadian Railway companies to create their operating policies. This book made a standardized practice. 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