Paula Thomas In the Swing of Things
Name/Title
Paula Thomas In the Swing of ThingsEntry/Object ID
2021.594.01Description
A magazine article profiling CN trainmaster Paula Thomas, who works in the MacMillan train yard in Toronto. According to the article, she is responsible for moving nearly 3000 cars each shift. She began her job in 2004 as a trainmaster Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Discusses the presence of women being in traditionally male jobs at Canadian National, Paula is a trainmaster. 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