University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Canadian National Railways
This history of the Canadian National Railways (CNR) describes its formation in 1918 as the Government of Canada merged the assets of the Canadian Northern Railway with those of the Canadian Government Railway and later the Grand Trunk...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Serving King and Country
During the First World War and Second World War, the community of Transcona, Manitoba was crucial in the war effort as the town was the centre of maintaining the national railroad system . The efforts of this town and the impacts of the...