Sub-series consists of records maintained by the Canadian National Railways. These records include a variety of media relating to the museum train collection for the period 1832-1953. In 1953, Canadian National Railways prepared a museum train which toured Canada and portions of the United States. The locomotives and cars were museum specimens and the cars contained a very large display of historical records, illustrations, objects and memorabilia relating mainly to Canadian National Railways and its corporate predecessors. In 1968 this material, with the exception of some three-dimensional objects which are on loan to the National Museum of Canada, was transferred to the National Archives of Canada. There are over 700 items, many containing more than one document or picture. They include timetables, tickets, publications, passes, photographs, illustrations, correspondence and railway working documents and records. Also included are records of the museum train itself.
Of particular interest are the following:
Vol. 12472 contains Canadian Northern Railway employees timetables (including Great Northern Railway of Canada) 1904-1918.
Vol. 12474 contains a souvenir book by the Grand Trunk Railway relating to the International Railway Congress of 1905. There is an album of photographs in this volume.
Vol. 12479-12480 contain a history of Canadian National Express, mileage tables, and two Intercolonial Railway timetables 1900 and 1906, and trip passes for employees.
Vol. 12480, Nova Scotia Railway - Pay Rolls - 1854 -1858; 1) International Rly. Congress Booklet of the Grand Trunk Railway System May 1905 2) Photo Album showing 7 scenes of S.J. Hungerford at the Railway Congress in London England May - June 1925; and Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada Prospectus of 1854 with application for Shares.
Vol. 12492, Ledger of list of men working at various locomotive shops Richmond, Windsor, Truro, and Car Shops on the Nova Scotia Railway dated 1859 to 1867; and Ledger of list of men working at various locomotive shops, Stations, Maintinence of Way on the Nova Scotia Railway (Typed from records from Ottawa) dated Nov 30 1866 to Feb 28 1867
In Vol. 12505, there is a file containing a set of timetable brochures published by the Temiscouata Railway in Quebec, 1889-1909. Additionally, there are two Canadian Northern Railway timetables, and one timetable of the North-West Transportation Company Limited ca. 1890s.
In Vol. 12507, there are 2 copies of the publication, Jasper National Park (ca. 1920s), with colour art work by A.Y. Jackson, and black and white drawings by J.E.H MacDonald, Frank Carmichael, and A.J. Casson (members of the Group of Seven); and 2 copies of a publication entitled Golf at Jasper Park In the Canadian Rockies (ca. 1920s), with colour cover art and containing black and white photos and colour illustrations.
In Vol. 12510, 5 GTR Timetables dated March 1873, Dec 1882, May 16 1887, Sept 10 1887, (Special bound timetable with advertisements) April 1892, and 1 Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Timetable dated June 1885; and various yearly passes for various railway companies.
In Vol. 12515, Notice of Application to be made to Parliament for an Act to Incorporate certain persons to Construct a Railway from Montreal to Lachine and to be known as the Montreal & Lachine Railway Company dated at Lachine 1 Nov 1845
In Vol. 12527, there are 2 photo albums showing surveying and construction work along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 1906-1914, in Western Canada.
Vol. 12528 contains oversized historical prints, of various railway scenes and GTR and GWR locomotives, used for display on the museum train. There are a few prints of CNR scenes from World War Two.
Vol. 12529 Pictorial Booklet Souvinir of Visit of HRH Duke and Duchess of York published by Heinzman and Co. 1901, GTR Special Train Notice Middle Division for Duke and Duchess of York October 11,12, and 14 1901, CGR ICR Special Silk Timetables: 20-2a: Chaudiere Jct. to St. John N.B. (purple color), 20-2b: St. John N.B. to Halifax N.S. (orange color), 20-2c: Chaudiere Jct. to St. John N.B. (light purple color)
In Vols. 12530-12532, there is material that relates to the employee working files for the museum train. So there are miscellaneous photographs, brochures, blueprints, and a history of the motive power department at Stratford, Ontario.
Vols 12534-12535 contain tourist booklets from the 1920s, and includes numerous booklets with colour covers and black and white photos. This publicity material completes the much larger collection of tourist booklets in the CN Publicity Department Series.
In Vols. 12536-12537 there is a large number of timetable booklets relating to a variety of American railway companies, 1860-1910. There are a few miscellaneous posters (in colour) that have been flattened.
Vol. 12554 contains a permanent staff register for GTR from Montreal through Ottawa and onwards to Renfrew and Depot Harbour.
In Vol. 12580, there is a complete set (as well as duplicates) of timetable booklets for the Canadian Northern Railway 1902-1915.
Vol 12802, Lot Numbers and Areas for Lachine, Jacques Cartier and Maisonneuve Railway; 2 Booklets: 1) Grant Trunk Railway System "Across The Contient Through Canada" 1916, "Vistas" GTRS circa 1905; and Canadian Northern Railway Homestead Brochures (25 Items) 1905-1911.
Vol. 16237, there are GTR Eastern Division Employees Time Tables Nos. 36 -51 inclusive June 1907 to May 1911.
Vol. 16267 contains miscellaneous posters, maps, drawings, and timetables dating from 1857-1914, and includes a colour diagram called Anatomy of a Pullman car.
Vol. 16307 includes a letter from Princess Elizabeth's Private Sec. Acknowledging CNR Bound Copies of Pictorial Supplement re Royal Visit in 1951 (2 copies of Bound Volumes included), 2) C.N.R. Menus signed by H.R.N. Princess Elizabeth & the Duke of Edinburgh on their tour of C.
In Vols 16335-16336 (formerly in 12532) there is a set of CN Museum Train Family Tree Blueprints, 9 Items 1953; CN Museum Train Exhibition Cars, Wiring Diagram, Installation, Geography Foyer, 8 Items Blueprints, 1952; and CN Museum Train Master Plan Lighting Plan for Cars No.1 No.2 No.3 Blueprints 6 Items 1953
There are also roughly 35 timetable booklets (many in colour) dating from 1870 to 1920 from various Canadian railway companies, including Canadian Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Canada Southern Railway, and Intercolonial Railway.
There are also numerous railway passes (dating from 1865-ca. 1890s) for various railway companies, including Great Western Railway, Midland Railway, Welland Railway, Northern Railway of Canada, Cobourg, Peterboro and Marmora Railway, and Pullman's Palace Car Company.
Cartographic material, (RG30M 945016), consists of a undated map of Grand Trunk Railway routes that includes a reference legend of the railways lines in Canada and the northeastern United States, and a track lengths chart.
