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Building the railway took over four years. James J. Hill in 1881 sent Alpheus Beede Stickney to serve as construction superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Canadian Pacific Railway began its westward expansion from Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander Station), where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie ...
The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881.
Canadian Pacific Railway N-2-a, b, and c class locomotives were a class of 199 2-8-0 or Consolidation type locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912–1914. They were numbered 3600–3799 by CP and were used almost everywhere around the system.
The Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway station is a former Canadian Pacific Railway station that is being restored as a museum. Passenger rail service in the community is now [when?] provided at the Portage la Prairie railway station by Via Rail. This station was designated a historic site in 1992. [1]
Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks: 100 Years in Rogers Pass. Calgary, Alberta: British Railway Modellers of North America. ISBN 0-919487-15-7. Finch, David A.A. (1987). "A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Glacier National Park, B.C., 1884–1930" (PDF). www.parkscanadahistory.com. Environment Canada. Woods, John G. (1985) [1981].
A board game published under the name The Last Spike had the financing and construction of a trans-Canadian railway as its object. [12] A previous version (prior to 2023) of the Canadian passport features the last spike (French: le dernier crampon) on pages 10 and 11, along with the Ross photograph of Smith.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, doing business as CPKC (known as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited until 2023), is a Canadian railway holding company.Through its primary operating railroad subsidiaries, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS), it operates about 32,000 kilometres (20,000 mi) of rail in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and is the only ...
Sir Collingwood Schreiber, KCMG (December 14, 1831 – March 23, 1918) was an English Canadian surveyor, engineer and civil servant. He is best known for his contribution to the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).