Station Number Book
Name/Title
Station Number BookEntry/Object ID
2020.247.01Description
1988 book of Canadian National station numbers. Published in February of 1988, provides all station numbers of stations in Canada. It is organized by region, alphabetically.Context
Provides all station numbers owned by Canadian National as of 1988. 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