Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific system map as of 2004 (does not include DM&E and IC&E
trackage)
Reporting
mark
CP
Locale
Canada with branches to U.S. cities Chicago,
Minneapolis and New York City
Dates of
operation
1881–
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) (standard gauge)
Headquarters
Calgary, Alberta
Website
http://www.cpr.ca/
The Canadian Pacific Railway (reporting mark CP),
known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian
Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway
Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to
Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United
States such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City.
Its headquarters are in Calgary, Alberta.
The railway was originally built between eastern
Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885
An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers
Pass. Photo by David R. Spencer.
(connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area
lines built earlier), fulfilling a promise extended to Brit-
ish Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871. It
was Canada’s
first
transcontinental
railway. Now
primarily a freight railway, the CPR was for decades the
only practical means of long distance passenger trans-
port in most regions of Canada, and was instrumental in
the settlement and development of Western Canada. The
CP company became one of the largest and most power-
ful in Canada, a position it held as late as 1975.[1] Its
primary passenger services were eliminated in 1986
after being assumed by VIA Rail Canada in 1978. A
beaver was chosen as the railway’s logo because it is one
of the national symbols of Canada and represents the
hardworking character of the company. The object of
both praise and condemnation for over 120 years, the
CPR remains an
indisputable
icon of Canadian
nationalism.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian Pacific Railway
1
The Canadian Pacific Railway is a public company
with over 15,000 employees and market capitalization of
7 billion USD in 2008.[2]
History
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