Trains of Recollection: Drawn from Fifty Years of Railway Service in Scotland and Canada, and told to Arthur HawkesHanna, D. B. (David Blyth)
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Trains of Recollection: Drawn from Fifty Years of Railway Service in Scotland and Canada, and told to Arthur Hawkes
Hanna, D. B. (David Blyth)
Canadian National Railways; Railroads -- Canada; Railroads -- Scotland
WESTERN--10,030.4 miles; embracing all lines Armstrong, Ont., and
Port Arthur, Ont., and west to the Pacific Coast, including those
on Vancouver Island and the Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway. In
charge of a General Manager whose office is at Winnipeg, Man.
Eastern Lines are again subdivided into three General
Superintendents’ Districts, viz:
District Located Headquarters at Miles
Maritime Principally in Maritime Moncton, N.B. 2671.3
Provinces
Quebec Principally in Quebec Quebec City 2356.1
Ontario All in Ontario Toronto, Ont. 1800.6
Western Lines are subdivided into four General Superintendents’
Districts, viz:
District Located Headquarters at Miles
Central Principally in Manitoba Winnipeg, Man. 3156.6
(including Duluth, Winnipeg
and Pacific Railway lines in
Minnesota 172.6 miles).
Prairie Principally in Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Sask. 3181.8
Western Principally in Alberta Edmonton, Alta. 2162.5
Pacific Principally in British Vancouver, B.C. 1529.5
Columbia
Note--In the Pacific District, an Assistant General Manager is
in charge instead of a General Superintendent, on account of its
remoteness from General Manager’s headquarters.
General Superintendents’ Districts are again subdivided into
Superintendents’ Divisions, each averaging approximately five hundred
miles.
The general division of territory under General Managers, General
Superintendents, and Superintendents is substantially the same
as on the Canadian Pacific. The General Managers’, General
Superintendents’, and Superintendents’ staffs are also generally
similar to those on the Canadian Pacific, and the division of duties
and responsibilities, and the relationships between sub-departments
are substantially the same.
The actual work of operation is divided between sub-departments
as follows, and the first five functions are those generally
handled divisionally, while the balance are largely controlled by
departmental organization.
1. TRANSPORTATION:--Operation of trains, switching in yards,
operation of freight houses, team tracks, etc.
Car Service and Car Accounting--Having to do with the distribution,
movement and record of cars, and collection of per diem and demurrage.
2. MECHANICAL:--Maintenance of locomotives, cars, work equipment,
including shops and roundhouses, and the preparation of plans,
specifications, etc., for new equipment.
3. MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND STRUCTURES:--Maintenance of track, bridges,
buildings, and the provision of additional or improved facilities on
operating lines.
4. POLICE AND SPECIAL SERVICE:--Policing and protection of Company’s
property, investigating of irregularities, etc.
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