FROM AIR FORCE BASE TO ENGINEER TRAINING CENTER

Canadian National's locomotive engineer training center at Gimli, Man., has two full-scale simulators for instruction of trainees. The basic course is eight weeks but there are two-week refresher courses for those operating locomotives and other types of courses for various CN supervisors. More than 800 of CN's 3700 locomotive engineers have been trained at Gimli.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Locomotive engineers; Locomotive operation; Personnel development; Railroad simulators; Simulation; Training; Training simulators
• Identifier Terms: Canadian National; Canadian National Railways
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive engineer's tasks
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172635
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM