Collection search - Western Region Headquarters, Rail Traffic Division, Registry files [textual record]

The records in this accession consist of registry files created by the Rail Traffic Division of CN's Western Region Headquarters, formerly in Winnipeg, MB. Some records deal with operational issues that are largely financial in nature, such as carload rate checking, bill collection for freight charges, availability of equipment, profitability by car type, and freight connections. However, there are also a considerable number of files related to rail traffic policy and branch line rationalization, competition with the CPR, freight rates for grain, relations with subsidiaries, and the development of various freight programmes in Western Canada.

Records are arranged according to CN's file classification system circa the 1970s. Although there are a few files that contain documents going back to the early decades of the twentieth century, the preponderant dates for the vast majority of files are from the 1950s to the 1970s.