Archived canada, by train, of library and archives canada. The grand trunk corporation is the subsidiary holding company for the canadian national railways properties in the united states. Value of railroad antiques from grand trunk railway antique. Mar 27, 2019 these records consist of several thousand individual payroll records, which give the persons name, date of birth, job title, division, department, station, salary sometimes, and subsequent changes in the job or salary, including date of retirement, resignation, or dismissal, and in some instances, date of death. Information recorded includes employee s name, date of birth, position, station and salary. The grand trunk pacific railway reporting mark gtp was a historic canadian transcontinental railway running from winnipeg to prince rupert, british columbia, a pacific coast port. The application specializes in collecting time data and reporting compliance issues as regulated by fra 49 cfr part 228. Information from the cards was input into this database and the cards were digitized. By 1900 grand trunk would unite the operations of the chicago and grand trunk railway and all of its lines in michigan, illinois and indiana under a subsidiary company called the grand trunk western railway company. Grand trunk railway employees are good track people.
The grand trunk western railroad reporting mark gtw is an important subsidiary of the canadian national railway cn, constituting the majority of cns chicago division itself part of cns. Grand trunk railway toronto railway historical association. Torontos grand trunk railway our 1856 link to pearson. As patrick dorin notes in his book, the grand trunk western railroad. Locating railroad employee records for genealogy american. I had hopped a freight train out of the swift yards in poplar bluff, missouri, on the union pacific railroad and was now heading north. In 1853 the atlantic and saint lawrence railway which connected portland to canada became known as the grand trunk railway.
Sir edward william watkin, railway chairman and politician, is sent from london to sort out the companys financial. It includes online articles about canadian national railway company, grand trunk railway of canada, canadian pacific railway, intercolonial railway and others. It shows a lateral view of the topography of the area drawn for the engineering purposes of the railway. The gtwhs does not hold personnel records of the aforementioned railroads. See the article in its original context from may 7, 1891, page 2 buy reprints.
This map shows the grand trunk and connecting lines in eastern canada and the northeastern united states. Researching old railroads and railway records thoughtco. The situation grew even more heated with the arrival of the canadian northern railway cnor in the early. Value of railroad antiques from grand trunk railway.
It was the domain of the grand trunk, canadas original railway company with transcontinental ambitions and the precursor to the canadian national railway. Grand trunk railway company of canada toronto public library. See the article in its original context from october 27, 1876, page 4 buy reprints. Another canadian railway, the grand trunk pacific railway gtpr, encountered. Cn logo evolution canadian national rail logo design love. Online banking grand trunk bc employees federal credit union offers online banking with itsme247, this means you can access your account anytime. The dale family papers manuscript collection, including legal papers of george w. Index of colorado railway employee records for the. Railways and railway workers professions and occupations. East of winnipeg the line continued as the national transcontinental railway ntr, running across northern ontario and quebec, crossing the st.
Grand trunk pacific railway railway stations in canada. Largely as a result of this unsuccessful venture, the grand trunk railway, which had incurred liabilities amounting. The gtr arrived in the mid 1850s with the opening of a muchneeded line between montreal and toronto. Clair and detroit rivers were referred to as its western. This firm also built 4 of the same type for the great western railway of canada shown which was later absorbed by the grand trunk. This database provides access to 21,710 references to the employees provident fund of the intercolonial and prince edward island railway records held at library and archives canada.
The grand trunk railway company of canada 1852 the canadian government announced its plan to build a railway between montreal and toronto. From the mid to late 19th century, the britishowned grand trunk railway gtr dominated the provinces of ontario and quebec. Historical maps and published histories can then help you to identify what railroad lines ran through that area at the time. Grand trunk 7456 060 grand trunk, 1920 sydney, mi 22402 montcalm community college heritage village 6315 484 alco 1942 1957 photo carl h sturner collection 6410 484 lima 1938 1957 photo carl h sturner collection. File contains typescript correspondence from leslie whitford to mrs.
The principal officers included a president, an assistant to the president, a general secretarytreasurer, canadian and national legislative representatives, a senior vicepresident, brt representative, and national railroad board of adjustment representative. They administer a federal retirement benefit program covering the nations railroad workers. First time users to itsme247 will need to contact the credit union to gain access for the first log in. Grand trunk railway wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. May 29, 2015 the following announcement was written by the folks at thegenealogist.
Hours of service railroad and rail terminal management software. Railroad retirement board, spanning from 1936 to the early 2000s. Grand trunk railway employees annual picnic to campbellford ont 1883 biannual. Railway employees employees provident fund library and. Records of north east rail workers are now online the journal. Looking for grand trunk railroad passenger list united. The gtr, which had been the dominant railway in central canada since the 1850s, was beating off stiff competition from the canadian pacific railway cpr. The grand trunk railway reporting mark gt was a railway system that operated in the canadian provinces of quebec and ontario and in the american states of connecticut, maine, michigan, massachusetts, new hampshire, and vermont. The records of thousands of rail employees from across durham, northumberland and tyneside are included.
Being a british company, the grand trunk railway began with 56 locomotives built at birkenhead, england from 1854 to 1858. Cutoff from friendly connections and with nowhere else to turn vanderbilt capitulated and sold out to the canadians. Crosssectional profile of the grand trunk railway in the township of saltfleet. The grand trunk railway gtr was canadas first system road. Grand trunk railway company the grand trunk railway was amalgamated with the canadian national railway in 1923. The records of employees who did not participate in the railway strike of 1917 have their entries stamped 681917. Today i discuss the history of the grand trunk western railroad from its origins as the grand trunk railway of canada, the expansion and development of the grand trunk western, takeover by. From there you need to dig into the history of the specific railroads to locate present owners and determine whether employee records still exist for. The grand trunk would grow, as planned, into a main trunk line becoming for a time the worlds largest railway system and finally morph into cn.
All such records are currently owned by the union pacific railroad and are in storage at an old salt mine in the middle of kansas which is off limits to everyone except for corporate lawyers. It was canadas most important railway for many years, and in the 1860s competed with the pennsylvania railroad for the status of longest system in the world. Locations of railroad genealogical materials rootsweb. The numbering of northwestern grand trunk engines 125 is guesswork.
The grand trunk western railroad in 9 minutes youtube. It was named after the gtrs locomotive superintendent at the time. Sargent secretary, hastings county historical society march 6march12, 1964 concerning the 1871 annual inspection of the grand trunk railway brigade in belleville under the command of captains nunn and crowther. Used as a tool of government to connect the major centres of ontario and quebec, it was built and financed by british entrepreneurs through the issuance of bonds, preferred shares, and other instruments that required the payment of annual interest, rather than common shares. Built originally to link montreal and toronto in the 1850s, gtr saw its future as an international railroad serving markets on both sides of the canadau. Theres a note in the flimsies section today about some equipment in trouble at south dundas in eastern ontario. Grand trunk corporation, now formally headquartered at cn in montreal, is the holding company for almost all of cns u. Employment with the railways covered a large range of positions, including working as a driver, cleaner, engineer, draftsman, inspector, timekeeper, porter, ganger etc.
Grand trunk railway system attwood dec 31st 1901 received from s f deitrich the undermentioned property in apparent good order, addressed to walsh bros, stratford ont. Industrial relations issues relating to the strike of august 1917 and subsequent employment of temporary staff are also documented. Mar 18, 2009 the name grand trunk still sounds expansive. By the late 1800s, the once mighty grand trunk railway gtr was running low on steam.
Unfollow grand trunk railroad to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Brl quantity 60 owners risk attention is called to the special contract above mentioned in print j h moore agent g. The station was torn down in 1935 and replaced by the present canadian national railways station. The railway was operated from headquarters in montreal, quebec, with corporate headquarters in london, england 4. Begin your search for a railroad working ancestor by identifying where he lived at the time of his railroad employment. These maps of canada shows the route of the grand trunk railway and its connections. Detroit district manifest records of aliens arriving from foreign contiguous territory. The grand trunk western was one of the last north american railroads to use. Since grand trunk railway began operations before 1860, it was operating at a very early time as a us railroad. The gtr has accumulated a debt of several hundred thousand pounds sterling as the result of expansion and overestimating the demand for rail service. If there are no surviving records of employees of the railroads, there are lots of.
Grand trunk pacific railway the canadian encyclopedia. Name of the employee date of birth date of appointment designation and salary other information date of. Grand trunk railway crossing york street s0376 fl0001b it0007. All services and programs public services az publishers portal for canadian. The international railway guide, giving the timetables of the grand trunk railway of canada and of all railways connecting canada and the united states ebook, 186 the grand trunk railway company of canada. Gtr history grand trunk railway collection finding. Genealogy quick look allows you to search the index to over 1. Lawrence river at quebec city and ending at moncton, new brunswick. The union pacific generally declines to help with former mp employee genealogy requests. More than 60,000 railway workers have been added to the occupational records on thegenealogist find details of railway ancestors, where they were employed and what they did trace your railway worker ancestors careers through their promotions discover when they retired read obituaries click on the. Photograph albums of grand trunk pacific railway construction and various views.
Please contact the canadian national railway company on any railroad related business issue. Since then, numerous railway companies have come and gone, with many mergers occurring along the way. Railroad employee timetable collection, 18622000 overview of the collection title railroad employee timetable collection dates 18622000 inclusive 1862 2000 quantity 48 boxes plus oversize materials, approximately 21 linear feet collection number 1983. Jul 20, 2010 grand trunk railroad locomotive heading up to chicago on this winter day was a frigid one indeed. Railroad software s hours of service software is designed to be the most user friendly in the railroad industry. The association of american railroads has considered it to be a class i railroad since fiscal year 2002 gtc was incorporated in delaware on september 21, 1970 as grand trunk industries, inc. There are also some miscellaneous files relating to railway employees within the records of. Grand trunk railway general passenger timetable, 1880. Please contact the railroad retirement board for employment records. The series summarised the employment history of victorian railway employees who ceased work during the period 1953 to 1983. As part of this program, the federal government encouraged the gtr to.
Records will typically list an employees name, station, position, birth date or age, and various other details, such as salary, date entered service, and transfer information. Grand trunk head office in montreal, built in 1900. Thegenealogist releases 60,000 railway worker records. Photograph album of an unknown surveyor who helped locate the line of the railway west of edmonton, alberta. For example, caution books list offenses employees were written up for and include name, date, grade, station, years of service, and date of suspension if applicable. Dec 10, 2014 608 rolls family history library films 1561087499 includes records from seaports and railroad stations all over canada and the northern united states. Brt officers were elected at the grand lodge convention of the brotherhood, held every 4 years. Originally built as the london station of the great western railway, when it entered london in 1853, it became the property of the grand trunk when the two railroads were amalgamated in 1882.
The history of grand trunk railway, along with its divisions, acquisitions, and descendants, is the focus of this group. Grand trunk railway, early canadian railway line, incorporated in 185253 to build a railway connecting the key cities of the province of canada the area now known as ontario and quebec with the american seacoast city of portland, maine. Map of the grand trunk railway of canada, the great international route between the east and west, engraved by the american bank note co. The index records the name, position, date of appointment and page number. Guide to the brotherhood of railroad trainmen records. An extensive list of railroad employee record repositories, which include records acquired by genealogy today. The name derived from the fact that gtrs rail lines west of the st. Grand trunk railway cns logo dates back to the birth of canadas first major railroad, the grand trunk railway gtr, a line that eventually joined others to form cn. It is named for cn subsidiary railroad grand trunk western railroad. The grand trunk railway company of canada was incorporated the company was incorporated on november 10, 1852, as the grand trunk railway company of canada to build a railway line between montreal and toronto the charter was soon. The grand trunk railway was a canadian railway system based primarily in ontario and quebec, with,000 km of operations over much of canada and 1900 km in neighboring parts of the u. Grand trunk railway not to be confused with grand trunk western railroad or grand trunk corporation, the grand trunk railway or grand tronc reporting mark gt was a railway system that operated in the canadian provinces of quebec and ontario and in the american states of connecticut, maine, michigan, massachusetts, new hampshire, and vermont. Grand trunk railway of canada, canadian pacific railway. Below the title is listed the word profile and the two scales.
Grand trunk railway general passenger timetable, 1880 by grand trunk railway company of canada. Grand trunk railway of canada the canadian encyclopedia. The federal government decided in 1919 to acquire both the grand trunk pacific and the grand trunk at a price to be established by arbitration, and in 1923 the operations of the grand trunk, the grand trunk pacific and the national transcontinental merged with those of the recently nationalized canadian northern railway to form the new canadian. By completing its final link in july 1853 between montreal and portland, the grand trunk became north americas first international railroad. The contents of the series however, extends back to 1925 as the previous employment details were recorded on these cards. Map of canada grand trunk railway and its connections, c1860. The grand trunk railway reporting mark gt was a railway system that operated in the.
Midcontinent public library who really was working on the railroad. The railway was operated from headquarters in montreal, quebec, with corporate headquarters in london, england 4 warwick house street. Though perhaps less famous than its rival, the canadian pacific, the grand trunk had tracks and trains across quebec, and provided employment for generations of workers in the point. Unfollow grand trunk railway to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Below are links to the individual histories of railway lines that were either created by or ultimately came under the control of the grand trunk railway that were constructed within the province of ontario. Library and archives canada holds the records of canadian national railway company and other affiliated railway companies that operated in canada record group 30. Louissan francisco railway grand trunk western railway. According to randy houks railroad timeline, the first american rails are said to have been laid down at quincy, mass. Dale, an attorney for the grand trunk railway company of canada. Contact the grand trunk team with questions about our products or just to say hello. Our team wants to help you plan your next travel adventure. Railway employee record cards research data australia.
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