General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER PAGES; CARDSTOCK COVERS WITH CLOTH COVERING; METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

51.5 cm

Width

47.0 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CN

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

COVERS THE HISTORY OF CNR AND ANTECEDENT ROADS' BOX CARS FROM THE 1920S TO THE 1960S

Canada

PROVIDES A DETAILED HISTORY OF THE CNR'S BOX CAR FLEET FROM THE 1920S TO THE 1960S. COVERS CNR BOX CARS (POST 1923) NUMBERED 322000 TO 41999 [REF 1]

Function

USED TO RECORD THE HISTORY OF CNR FREIGHT CARS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY RAILWAY RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM. ALSO PROVIDES INVALUABLE DETAILS AS TO THE SOURCE OF CNR BOX CARS AND THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE PERIOD PRIOR TO 1960 [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON INSIDE FRONT COVER: 'Thos. V. Bell Limited MONTREAL/ ORDER BY NUMBER/ T THE V VERY B BEST/ 35632'/ PRINTED ONTOP OF MOST PAGES: 'BOX CARS'/ HEADING OF COLUMNS: 'CAN. NATL. NUMBER/ PREVIOUS NO./ REMARKS/ CAN. NATL. NUMBER/ PREVIOUS NO./ REMARKS'/ LABELS ON BACK COVER: 'R. Gutierrez/ Office Ass't. - Equipment Records/ M.P. & C.E./ 14th Floor - H.Q. Bldg./ Montreal''CONTROL SHEET/ PLAN ROOM/ Record Service/ Center/ J. MacKenzie'/ HANDWRITTEN ON TAPE: 'Worksheet 100139'/ HANDWRITTEN ON SPINE: '322000 - 41999'

Missing

CLOTH ON COVER TORN AND PARTS MISSING

Finish

COVER: PALE GREEN WITH RED CORNERS AND SIDE STRIPS; WHITE PAPER WITH GREEN AND RED LINES AND BLACK PRINTING; HANDWRITING IN RED AOR BLACK INK

Decoration

N/A