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File consists of research material regarding railroad communication signals, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on universal hand signals, locomotive whistles, and train markers/train lanterns.

File consists of research material regarding 21st century developments in controlling train movement, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on positive train control, microwave communication systems, and the LEADER system.

File consists of background articles on railway passenger time tables.

File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway public timetables. Includes Dayliner schedules for 1964 and 1969; an Okanagan bus connection schedule for 1965-1966; and CP Rail timetables for 1964, 1966, 1969-1970, and 1975.

File consists of a Burlington Northern public timetables from 1970 and a ticket stub from a last trip ride.

File consists of VIA Rail public timetables from 1976-1977, 1979, 1985, and 1996. Also includes an E&N Railiner timetable from 2001.

File consists of Pacific Great Eastern and BC Rail public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1957, 1964-1967, 1971-1972, 1974, and 1989.

File consists of Canadian National Railway public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1964-1965, 1967-1968, 1971, 1973, and 1974-1975.

File consists of Great Northern Railway public timetables. Includes passenger schedules for 1964, 1966, and 1967.

File consists of the "Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR)", a 1996 Canadian Pacific Railway publication.

File consists of a CN Train Order Book. Includes front cover and a few blank pages that include information about the book and train orders.

File consists of research material regarding railway work forces, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on locomotive engineer qualification, work ethic, rail employee rulebooks, pensions, uniforms, and retired railroaders. Also includes a mimeograph of "The Tailend Trainman" by Conductor Anonymous, 1965.

File consists of research material regarding railway training, safety, and recruitment, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on sleep deprivation, training courses, train simulators, and safety regulations. Also includes recruitment advertisements.

File consists of research material regarding railway labour relations and unions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the unionization process, the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the May 2012 CPR Rail Strike, the June 2011 lock-out by Rocky Mountain Railtours, the July 2009 VIA Rail Strike, the 1990 BC Rail strike, collective agreements, railway employee wages, and employee seniority. Also includes a copy of a "Master Agreement dated Montreal, September 27, 1979 between the Railway Association of Canada...and the Railway Employees Department...re: Application of Wage Increases...and other changes covering the years 1979, 1980, and 1981".

File consists of research material regarding railway job categories and job titles, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on conductors, dispatchers, builders, section men, call boys, brakemen, foremen, baggagemen, and others.

File consists of an original "Collective Agreement between Canadian Pacific Railway Company and United Transportation Union on behalf of the Conductors, Baggagemen, Brakemen, Yardmen, and Switchtenders employed on the Prairie & Pacific Regions (including Esquimalt and Nanaimo Rwy.)" effective January 1971.

File consists of research material regarding railway management practices and personnel, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the CPR management attitude change in 2012 with Hunter Harrison, enforcement of rules, railway discipline, demerit marks (Brownie points), railway decline, and the culture of change.

File consists of an original "Operating rules [for] Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Railway System, Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway, Central Vermont Railway, dated July 1st, 1929".

File consists of an original "Uniform Code of Operating Rules, Revision of 1962" effective October 28th, 1962 and "approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General order no. 873, dated the 15th day of November, 1961".

File consists of an original "Collective Agreements between the Canadian National Railway Company Prairie and Mountain Regions and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on behalf of Conductors, Baggagemen, Flagmen, Brakemen" updated to May 1967.

File consists of an original copy of CP Rail's "General Operating Instructions", CS44.

File consists of an original "Collective Agreement between Canadian Pacific Limited and the Canadian Council of Railway Operating Unions (BLE) on behalf of the Locomotive Engineers employed in Canada on CP Rail".

File consists of an original "Agreement between the British Columbia Railway Company and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Cariboo Lodge No. 221, Lillooet Lodge No. 215 and Summit Lodge No. 252 Governing the Working Conditions and Compensation of Employees Employed on the British Columbia Railway Company, Revision 1975".

File consists of an original "General Instructions to Passenger Train Conductors and Trainmen--CN Rail, CP Rail, VIA Rail Canada".

File consists of an original "Rates of Pay and Rules Governing Services of Maintenance of Way Employees", consisting of Wage Agreement no. 17, reprinted and effective January 1, 1975, between the following railways: CNR, CPR, E&N and others.

File consists of research material regarding the practical aspects of operating passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on equipment, running, maintenance, routes, speeds, and car weights. Also provides visuals of various passenger trains.

File consists of a publication by Garry W. Anderson entitled "Canadian Pacific's Trans-Canada Limited (1919-1930)".

File consists of research material regarding train yards, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on classification yards, the Pacific Coast Terminals at Port Moody, the E&N yard in Victoria, the CPR Revelstoke yard, the Prince George yard, CNR's port at Ogden Point in Victoria, CNR's Port Mann yard, CPR's Kamloops yard, CN's Prince Rupert yard, and the function and design of train yards. Also includes a "CN Transportation of Dangerous Goods" leaflet.

File consists of research material regarding unit freight trains that carry a single commodity, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on container freight, intermodal cars, until coal trains, piggyback operations, and CN's unit trains.

File consists of research material regarding train switching, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on remote-control switching, car placards, and interchange service.

File consists of research material regarding named passenger trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CP's The Canadian, CP's The Dominion, CN's Continental Limited, PGE's North Country Limited, and CN's Super Continental.

File consists of research material regarding freight trains, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on CNR freight and mixed train service, freight tonnage, freight scheduling, and train numbers.

File consists of research material regarding train handling, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on directional running of trains, end-of-train devices, caboose handling, pushers, and other aspects.

File consists of research material regarding train accidents in general and miscellaneous railway mishaps, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on locomotives lost in BC lakes and rivers; KVR wrecks; general rail safety; train collisions (including collisions at Edson and Hinton); the 1908 Fernie fire; train derailments (including derailments at Biggar, Prince George, and Kelly Lake), black boxes, and fire prevention.

File consists of research material regarding train derailments due to car or track failures, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions and news clippings from periodicals.

File consists of research material regarding accidents on bridges and trestles, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on accidents at Surprise Creek bridge, Lytton bridge, Cisco bridge, and a Cheakamus River bridge near Squamish.

File consists of research material regarding accidents at grade crossings, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Mainly includes newspaper clippings of train collisions with cars at grade crossings.

File consists of research material regarding railway accidents resulting from slides, washouts, floods and avalanches, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the Great Northern Railway 1909 washout; the 1910 CPR slide in Rogers Pass; Fraser Canyon slides and washouts; avalanches in the Kootenays; and many other individual accidents on BC rail lines.

File consists of research material regarding accidents resulting from human causes, runaways, and collisions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on specific events, such as the CPR runaway on Field Hill in 1996, the CNR collision at Canoe River in 1950, the CPR Farron Hill incident of 1909, and the CNR runaway at Kelly Lake Hill in 2006, among others.

File consists of research material regarding trespassing, theft, and vandalism and accidents associated with those activities. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of documents regarding accident statistics, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes statistics on railway crossings, trespassing, derailments, and railway-related injuries and fatalities.

File consists of research material regarding general information on the Canadian Pacific Railway, such as chronologies, statistics, and summary histories. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "Canadian Pacific, 1881-1981 Part Two: A Brief History of the Company" by Elson; "CPR Regains Independence" by Ian Smith; "Corporate and Historical Chronology" by Canadian Pacific News; and "Canadian Pacific Facts and Figures" by the CPR Publicity Department; an excerpt from "The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881" by Pierre Berton; an excerpt from the "Scenic Rail Guide to Western Canada" by Bill Coo; "Railways of the Okanagan" by John Rushton; "Frontier Guide to the Dewdney Trail: Hope to Rock Creek" by Anderson; "Frontier Guide to the Incredible Rogers Pass" by Frontiers Unlimited; and "Frontier Guide to the Fraser Canyon" by Anderson.

File consists of original samples of Canadian Pacific Railway forms, tickets, certificates, customs reports, manual block system clearance forms, and others. Also includes an excerpt from CP Rail time table 83.

File consists of a book by Omer Lavallee entitled "Van Horne's Road: An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway".

File consists of research material regarding Canadian Pacific Railway national and regional management and administration, particularly as they affect British Columbia. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals.

File consists of publicity material produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway, including promotional pamphlets, a CPR catalogue of merchandise, "Spanner", and a booklet about the Rogers Pass Project.

File consists of a booklet by M. Daem and E.E. Dickey entitled "A Short History of Rogers Pass and Glacier Park", first published in 1965.

File consists of a book by Graeme Pole entitled "The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill: A Canadian Railway Adventure".

File consists of a paper or possibly a thesis by D. Bodnar entitled "The Influence of the C.P.R. on Land Development and Architecture in Vancouver, 1886-1929".

File consists of a Craigellachie commemorative token saluting Canadian Pacific Railway pioneers and the driving of "the last spike" that linked Canada from sea to sea. Coin token notes that it has a one dollar value in Craigellachie and that it expires November 7, 1985.