CN Shoptrack Locomotive Operation Trainee Text
Name/Title
CN Shoptrack Locomotive Operation Trainee TextEntry/Object ID
2020.204.01Description
Book, Canadian National shoptrack locomotive operation manual. This manual is meant for training for new engineers and engineers in training. Includes: safety guidelines, accident prevention, diesel shop, pit areas, locomotive cab, getting on a locomotive, getting off a locomotive, shop tracks, introduction to locomotives, definitions, front and rears of locomotives, unit numbers and classifications, component numbers, locomotive air brakes, independent valves, automatic valves, valves and cut-out cocks, control stands, valves, brake cut offs, reseting safety controls, gauges, cab controls, control stands, locomotive movements, signals, switches and derails. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document used to train locomotive engineers. 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