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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.
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More (1998) an illustrated history of railway stations in Canada; Currie, A. W. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. University of Toronto Press, 1957. 556 pp, the standard history; Eagle, J. A. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896-1914. McGill-Queen's University Press 1989 ...
In 1882, Van Horne was appointed general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, becoming its vice-president in 1884 and president in 1888, finally becoming chairman of the board in 1899. [3] He is most famous for overseeing the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway , a project that, under his leadership, was ...
The Imperial Limited was the Canadian Pacific Railway's premier passenger train across Canada between Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia.It began operation June 18, 1899, seven days a week as a seasonal service supplementing the six days per week eastward Atlantic Express and its westward counterpart, the Pacific Express.
Subsequently, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) transcontinental and its feeder routes operated closer to the Canada–US border. Seeking a transcontinental to open up the central latitudes, the Canadian government made overtures to the GTR and to the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR).
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 opening of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) via the Yellowhead to Vancouver, the premier destination, prompted greater alarm. [13] The opening of the Panama Canal , which bypassed all North American rail routes, offered some compensation in that grain traffic destined for Europe could travel westward by rail.