Building the Grand Trunk Pacific

Laying track on the Grand Trunk Pacific

Blacksmith’s shop

Using a cutting torch in Pointe-Saint-Charles wheel shop

Finishing cylinders on a Northern type locomotive

Boring holes in a locomotive smoke box

Removing driving wheels from underneath a steam locomotive, Fort Rouge Shops

Shop crew moving driving wheels, Fort Rouge Shops

Research lab -- atomic flame for testing oil samples

Technical research centre-- general lab scene

Testing 15 miles of carpet for a new hotel

Wheat farmer inspecting crop

GTR employees from Stratford shops

A tobacco vendor at the Marché Bonsecours

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company officials attending driving of the last spike at Nechako River Crossing

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company survey party near Mount Robson

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company officials at ceremony connecting main line

Officials and guests at the opening of the Coast Railway in 1897

Women selling home crafted rugs

Instruction in home-based textile crafts

Ladies weaving on a hand-operated loom

Stump remover

Catholic brothers stand in front of a church building

Processing cocoa beans

East Indian woman carrying a heavy load

The Moncton Fire Department, no. 3. Company

Railway workers pose near Canadian National Railways steam locomotive no. 6403 during the 1939 Royal Tour of Canada

A chauffeur dusts and polishes the Royal Tour car during the 1939 Royal Tour of Canada

Women railway workers tending Canadian National Railways steam locomotive no. 6060 during the Second World War

Taking water aboard a steam locomotive

Canadian National Railway workers cleaning a locomotive

Workers fill the water tank of Canadian National Railway steam locomotive no. 6302

A Canadian National Railway lineman filling the water tank of a steam locomotive

Taking water into the tank of Canadian National Railways steam locomotive no. 6182

Canadian National Railways employee cleaning a passenger car

A firefighting tank car in use

Canadian National Railways official using a signograph machine to sign cheques

Canadian National Railways office staff using sortergraphs to organize express accounts

Locomotive engineer testing brakes on Canadian National Railways steam locomotive no. 6208

Loading blocks of ice into the air-conditioning unit of a Canadian National Railways passenger coach

Dentist Alex Mclean preparing to examine a young boy named Ivan for dental work

Dr. Alex Mclean examines Keith Nicholson

Eye examination at the Moncton CN medical clinic

Doctor examining patient in the medical car

Doctor examining patient in the medical car

Eye examination chart in the medical car

Doctor performing an eye exam at the CN medical clinic, Moncton

Dr. R.F. Brown behind his desk at the Moncton CN medical clinic

Interior work of refitting dental car at London car shops

Exterior of car in London car shops, fitting sash and applying a casing over oil storage

H.E. Thorne, carman, fitting kitchen cupboards in the dental car

Group of workmen at the London car shops who had constructed the dental car

Track gang ready to leave for assignment on motor scooter and trailer

CN telegraph women's uniform

CN telegraph women's uniform

Member of the track gang working on the track

CN employees examining train dispatch sheets

Red cap with luggage next to a steam train, Bonaventure station

CN women employees stocking shelves

CN employee cleaning the driving wheels of a steam locomotive

CN employee sweeping the interior of a passenger car

CN empoyee cleaning the interior of a passenger car

Repair crew working on telegraph poles damaged by winter storm

Employees aboard steam locomotive no. 6060

CN President Vaughan and others officially inspect steam locomotive no. 6060

Central Station employees sorting shipments of Christmas mail

Sorting bags of Christmas mail at Montreal's Central Station

Central Station employees maneuvering Christmas mail

Messengerette in uniform

Side view of Messengerette uniform

Inspection of the Bout de L'Ile line by President Vaughan and others

School car teacher Fred Soloman

CN employee working on locomotive 4316

Oyster fishermen

Employees canning

Picking fruit in an orchard of the Okanagan Valley

Handling fruit shipment at a Penticton orchard, Okanagan Valley

Artisans in front of St. Anne Street, Quebec City

Loading 40 lbs zinc bars into CNR freight cars

Barber shop inside the airport, The Pas, Manitoba (U.S. Army and Airforce base?)

Mrs. M. Ostrom and Mrs. S.E. Hood; in charge of the CNR restaurant (U.S. Army and Airforce base?)

Cooking in the mess car, Central Vermont Railway

Central Vermont Railway track maintenance employees

U.S. Customs officers inspect a cow on a Central Vermont Railway train.

Station Agent, Central Vermont Railway.

Oiling a steam locomotive on the Central Vermont Railway.

Central Vermont Railway Dispatcher's office.

Central Vermont Railway train crew signing a register.

Engineer Hale in the cab of Central Vermont Railway U-1-a 4-8-2 staem locomotive 603

Relaying track on the Central Vermont Railway

Relaying track on the Central Vermont Railway - ballast tamper 272

Relaying track on the Central Vermont Railway

Relaying track on the Central Vermont Railway

A Brakeman picks up train orders on the move at Turcot West, for westbound train 495 en route to Brockville.

RCMP officer with his horse, Jasper, Alberta

A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police standing near Lake Bennett

John MacDonald receiving a much needed drink from water boy Redolf Reche

Winter sport - skiing at St. Sauveur

Quebec skiers - baggage man checks skis, Montreal

Costumed employee at the door of the Canadian National Railway Museum Train

Costumed woman at the door of the Canadian National Railway Museum Train

Costumed employees of the Canadian National Railway Museum Train

Museum train employees dressed in their own clothes rather than in costume

Parade of cars in honour of the Museum Train arriving at Aurora Station

Windigo, Que. - Bernard Rivet – Manager of the Brown Corporation

St. Esprit, Quebec - Maple sugar - Cutting firewood

Quebec - maple sugar party at St. Julienne, Que. - April 1946

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Plessisville Station - maple syrup factory and operations

Maple syrup production

Maple syrup production

Quebec maple sugar scene

A fitter attends to coupling rod and connecting rod bearings on a steam locomotive

Gradework in preparation for the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway

View associated with the reconstruction and relocation of C.N.R. Toronto line for St. Lawrence seaway construction job

Visualization of stomach by means of barium meal and fluoroscopic attachment to the X-ray machine

Dining car staff getting ready to serve Sir Winston Churchill

Nurse looking through a microscope in one of the laboratories of a new Toronto medical clinic

Examining the latest equipment at a new Toronto medical clinic

A patient receiving treatment at a new Toronto medical clinic

Engineer blowing the whistle of locomotive no. 6218 on its last run

Loading sugar onto the C.N.S.S. Canadian Constructor at Georgetown, B.G

Automobile being transported by canoes to be loaded on the Lady Rodney

Making snow shoes, Lorretteville, Quebec

Paymaster’s Car, Hudson Bay Railway

Cannery chicken haddies at Souris, P.E.I.

War record - Messenger boy at Naval Barracks, Mountain St., Montreal

CN police squad

CN police squad

CN employees group in uniform - Station Master, Passenger Agent, Police, Train Attendant

Turner Valley - New home under construction in the Turner Valley boom town of Little Chicago