Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1916-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Tom Allison was a resident of Belleville, Ontario with an interest in railway history. He started working for the Canadian National Railway in 1950.
Archival history
Materials obtained by Cleland James Allison and his son, Tom.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National Railway materials collected by Cleland James Allison and Tom Allison, including:
Grand Trunk Railway Employees' Timetable 41 for Belleville and Montreal divisions, April 1922
Canadian National Railways Conductors' and Brakemen's seniority list, January 1940
Memorandum to C. J. Allison commending him for detecting a broken truck in Gananoque, 1 September 1944
Railway Operating Rules, 1916, 1929, 1951, 1962
*Texts of four talks on railway history given by Tom Allison, 1990-2005