Railway Strike: Estimated 2,000 cars, 100 locomotives are tied up in Edmonton yards as traffic on systems grind to a halt.
Railway Strike: General vice-president of Trades and Labour Congress, Carl Berg, most vigourous speaker at labour rally told railwaymen strike organization was complete. Berg hopes for early settlement.
Railway Strike: Highball is given by brakeman on last freight out ofEdmonton in early hours before strike deadline.
Railway Strike: Just when those Calder railroad shopmen punch a time clock again is anybody's guess. Sober-faced file off job at completion of last full shift in shops at midnight.
Railway Strike: Lone taxi driver gazes at empty train board in the brooding silence of the usually-thriving CNR station.
Railway Strike looms closer. Strike committee representatives discuss last minute plans. L-R: Joe Cherrington, Archie Richardson, Len Foster, Lloyd Barlow, and Albert Orchin.
Railway Strike: Mrs. Alex Devlin, mother of eight, wife of CNR freight stower, and one of thousands involved in nation-wide strike. From left: Alex, Mrs. Devlin, Theresa, Sandra, Maureen (at back), Margaret, Betty, Mary Ellen and Sharon.
Railway Strike: Pickets parade in front of near-deserted Macdonald Hotel.
Railway Strike: Railway workers form a picket line outside deserted CNR station.
Railway Strike: Strike-bound cars jam railyard to capacity.