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The history of the Canadian Pacific Railway dates back to 1873. Together with the Canadian Confederation, the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was a task originally undertaken as the "National Dream" by the Conservative government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1st Canadian Ministry). [1]
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP NYSE: CP) is a Canadian railway transportation company that operates the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was created in 2001 when the CPR's former parent company, Canadian Pacific Limited , spun off its railway operations.
D'Alton Corry Coleman CMG KStJ (July 9, 1879 – October 17, 1956) was a Canadian railway executive and businessman. He began working for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1899, and was promoted through its ranks until serving as president from 1942 to 1947.
List of CPR presidents since 1881: 1881-1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Bt. GCVO [1]; 1889-1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG; 1899-1918 Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO
The Canadian Pacific Railway did go through his pass but not for another 20 years. After 1865, he left the province and worked in the mining fields of Utah. In 1871, when British Columbia was about to enter Confederation with Canada, one of the terms was a promise by Canada to build a railway across the continent.
In 1852, he found employment with the Grand Trunk Railway, moving to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) seven years later. With the Confederation of Canada in 1867, the CPR was contracted to build a transcontinental railway, which would link the new country and the adjacent colonies and territories of British North America. With the expansion ...
Norris Roy ("Buck") Crump, CC (July 30, 1904 – December 26, 1989) was a Canadian businessman, who was chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He was primarily responsible for converting the railroad to diesel locomotives, [1] and expanded the company into non-transportation sectors.
In 1990 Ritchie succeeded Russell S. Allison as president of Canadian Pacific Railway, and in 1995 succeeded I. Barry Scott as CEO. In 1999 Ritchie supported the requisition and restoration of Canadian Pacific 2816, affectionately naming her "The Empress" in the process. In 2004 Ritchie was awarded the Railroader of the Year by Railway Age.