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CPKC is the combination of two historic railways – Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS). Today, we are CPKC and have created the first and only transnational rail network in North America. Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Follow the Canadian Pacific Railway across Canada on this 13-day train tour. This is one of our Canadian Pacific Railway vacations that features both a VIA Rail sleeper train and a Rocky Mountaineer sightseeing train. Miles covered on train: 2,458. Days on train: 5. Nights on train: 3.
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company was incorporated February 16, 1881, with George Stephen as its first president. The 1881 construction season was a bust and the railway’s chief engineer and general superintendent were fired at the end of the season after building only 211 km (131 miles) of track.
Mar 25, 2009 · On 21 October 1880, the government finally signed a contract with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Company, headed by George Stephen , and construction began in 1881. The “Last Spike” was driven on 7 November 1885 and the first passenger train left Montreal in June 1886, arriving in Port Moody, BC, on 4 July.
The new government approved the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) company and provided generous financial support. Given its huge task, however, the CPR teetered repeatedly on the brink of bankruptcy. Ironically, it was an American — William Cornelius Van Horne — who oversaw construction of the “all-Canadian railway” across 5,000 kilometres of forests, prairies and mountains.
On April 2 nd, 1933, the Canadian Pacific Railway entered an agreement with Canadian National to pool both railroads’ passenger services between the cities of Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. The result was a significant amount of CPR passenger traffic east of Toronto moving by way of the CNR.
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