1969
A mechanical grapple loads unbarked logs into open CN freight cars beside a waterway.
The company
Canadian National Railways, reporting to Canada’s Minister of Transport in Ottawa, operated the railway and, as noted in the report, telecommunications, CN-operated hotels, and trucking companies.
p. 5
That year
The volume of carload freight moved in 1969 increased by 3.6%. Tonnage and revenues rose for woodpulp, newsprint, pulpwood, chemicals and paper other than newsprint.
Canadian National Annual Report 1969, p. 8