Renaissance 6060
Name/Title
Renaissance 6060Entry/Object ID
2013.74.10Description
A history of Canadian National Railways U-l-f series Mountain type steam locomotive, no. 6060 built in 1944. Includes black and white reproductions of photographs. Softcover. 36 pages. Features historic photographs throughout.Context
Discusses the history of CNR steam locomotive #6060, a mountain type steam locomotive built in 1944. 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