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  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

    Merge to Canadian Pacific Railway date March 2009 Canadian Pacific Railway Limited Tsx CP NYSE CP is a Canada Canadian rail transport ation 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. On October 3, 2001, the company s shares began to trade on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the CP symbol. During 2003 , the company earned 3.5 billion Canadian dollars in freight revenue. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd is a public company with 15,000 employees and 6.5 billion USD market capitalization. ref name zenobank cite web url http zenobank.com index.php?symbol CP&page quotesearch title Company Profile for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd CP accessdate 2008 10 10 ref In October 2008, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd was named one of Canada s Top 100 Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean s newsmagazine. Later that month, CPR was also named one of Alberta s Top Employers , which was announced by the Calgary Herald ref cite web ... cite web url http www.eluta.ca top employer canadian pacific railway title Reasons for Selection, 2009 ... 2006 Robert J. Rob Ritchie 2005 present Fred Green CP Fred Green See also Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Limited CP Air References Reflist cite book author Cruise, David and Alison Griffiths ... 2004 2bCorporate 2bProfile 2band 2bFact 2bBook.pdf Canadian Pacific Railway 2004 Corporate Profile and Fact Book . Retrieved February 2, 2005. External links http www.cpr.ca Canadian Pacific Railway corporate website http www.mccord museum.qc.ca en keys webtours VQ P2 18 EN.html CPR, from Sea to Sea The Scottish Connection &mdash The construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway illustrated with many early photographs Portal Companies S&P TSX 60 Category Canadian Pacific Railway ... Stock Exchange Category Companies based in Calgary de Canadian Pacific Railway Limited ...   more details



  1. Canadian Northern Pacific Railway

    The Canadian Northern Pacific Railway CNoPR was an historic Canadian railway with a main line running between the Alberta British Columbia border and Vancouver, British Columbia . It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Northern Railway CNoR . This railway existed mainly on paper, thus there were no cars or locomotives lettered as Canadian Northern Pacific . As far as the public and most workers were concerned, it was just a part of the CNoR. The CNoPR was incorporated in 1910 ref name HopperKearny A.B. Hopper and T. Kearny, CNR Synoptical History of Organization Capital Stock, Funded Debt and Other General Information as of December 31, 1960, Canadian National Railways, Montreal, 1962. Copies are available in each Provincial Archive. ref . The last spike was driven at Basque, British Columbia , near Ashcroft, British Columbia Ashcroft , in January 1915. This event completed Canada s third transcontinental railway, which ran from Quebec City, Quebec, to Vancouver, British Columbia. The CNoR maintained other subsidiary companies, such as the Alberta Midland Railway Vegreville, Alberta , to Drumheller, Alberta , the Canadian Northern Alberta Railway CNoAR St. Albert, Alberta , to the Alberta British Columbia border and the Edmonton, Yukon, and Pacific Railway which ran from Strathcona, Alberta , to Edmonton, and later to Stony Plain, Alberta . The CNoAR was also incorporated in 1910 ref name HopperKearny . Construction started at St. Albert in 1910 and the construction train passed into British Columbia around the beginning of 1913. The line from Edmonton to Vancouver was approved for operation in October 1915 ref name HopperKearny . The first westbound passenger train ... in 1918. References references DEFAULTSORT Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Category Defunct Alberta railways Category Defunct British Columbia railways Category Predecessors of the Canadian Northern Railway Canada rail transport stub ...   more details



  1. Facilities of the Canadian Pacific Railway

    Terminal Milwaukee Intermodal Terminal Milwaukee Terminal DEFAULTSORT Facilities Of The Canadian Pacific Railway Category Canadian Pacific Railway facilities ...   more details



  1. List of subsidiary railways of the Canadian Pacific Railway

    The Canadian Pacific Railway CPR owned several subsidiary rail transport railway s. The CPR often built or acquired lines through subsidiaries. Many of these subsidiaries retained their identity for an extended amount of time, others were only on paper. Expand list date August 2008 Ontario and Quebec Railway Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Grand River Railway Lake Erie and Northern Railway Quebec Central Railway Kettle Valley Railway Kaslo and Slocan Railway Nakusp and Slocan Railway Columbia and Kootenay Railway Soo Line Railroad St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway Delaware and Hudson Railway Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Canadian Atlantic Railway International Railway of Maine New Brunswick Railway Dominion Atlantic Railway Category Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiaries Canada rail transport stub ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service

    File BC Coast Steamships logo.jpg thumb right Logo of Canadian Pacific s British Columbia Coast Steamships The Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service , also known as the British Columbia Coast Steamships BCCS , was a division of Canadian Pacific Railway CPR which began operating Pacific coastal shipping ... including the Canadian Pacific Railway Upper Lake Service Great Lakes , the trans Pacific service, the British Columbia Coast Service, the Canadian Pacific Railway Lake and River Service British Columbia ... an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880 1986, p. 65. ref ... 254451187 . 1987 . West of the Great Divide an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway ... pacific railway in british columbia 1880 1986 oclc 16019694 OCLC 16019694 Steamboats British Columbia Category Canadian Pacific Railway Category Ships of Canadian Pacific ... of Northern B.C. Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National Railways, p. 16 page 16 excerpt ... Troup , who was superintendent of CPR s Pacific coastal division. ref Musk, George. 1981 . Canadian Pacific The Story of the Famous Shipping Line, p. 81. ref Troup s leadership marked the growth of BCCS ... reflist References Fournier, Leslie Thomas. 1935 . Railway Nationalization in Canada the Problem of the Canadian ... ss empress of britain&lr &pgis 1 Canadian Pacific The Story of the Famous Shipping Line. Toronto ... title canadian pacific the story of the famous shipping line oclc 7540915?referer di&ht edition OCLC 7540915 Turner, Robert D. 1974 . The Pacific Princesses an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific ... In 1884, CPR began purchasing sailing ships as part of a railway supply service on the Great Lakes ... 186 ref British Columbia Coast Steamships Main Princess fleet In 1901, CPR purchased the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company and began to expand its fleet, its routes, its infrastructure and its integrated rail service and trans Pacific connections. Many of CPR s coastal ships came to be called ...   more details



  1. Moose Jaw Canadian Pacific Railway Station

    Infobox Station name Canadian Pacific Railway Station style image Downtown Moose Jaw.jpg image size image caption Station Clock Tower address Manitoba Street East, br Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan line Canadian Pacific Railway other platform tracks parking bicycle baggage check passengers pass year pass percent pass system opened 1922 closed rebuilt ADA code owned zone services mpassengers The Moose Jaw Canadian Pacific Railway Station located in Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan , Canada is a disused station that was designed by Ross and Macdonald Hugh G. Jones and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1920 1922. The station comprises a two story waiting area, four story office block and six storey Tyndall stone clock tower. ref cite web url http www.historicplaces.ca en rep reg place lieu.aspx?id 7778&pid 0 title Old CPR Station 5 Manitoba Street East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, S6H, Canada publisher Canada s Historic Places a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration accessdate 2011 02 07 ref The building was designated a historic railway station in 1991. ref cite web url http www.pc.gc.ca eng clmhc hsmbc heritage listegares liststations sask.aspx title Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan publisher Parks Canada accessdate 2011 02 07 ref The station was a stop on the Canadian Pacific Railway service. The station was also a transfer point to the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad also known as the Soo Line Railroad , which operated from Minneapolis Saint Paul Saint Paul to Portal, North Dakota Soo Pacific during the summer, ran through to Vancouver via a connection with Canadian Pacific Railway s The Dominion train The Dominion at Moose Jaw. In the winter the and the Soo Dominion ... missing Saskatchewan Category Designated Heritage Railway Stations of Canada Category Canadian Pacific Railway stations in Saskatchewan Category Railway stations opened in 1922 Category Disused railway ...   more details



  1. Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)

    The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the final Rail fastening system Spikes and screws spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia at 9 22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Smith , marking the end of a saga of natural disasters, financial crises and even rebellion that plagued Canada s first transcontinental railroad from its beginning. Image LastSpike Craigellachie ... Pacific Railway Golden spike References The Last Spike , by Pierre Berton Reflist coord display title name Craigellachie 50 58 31 N 118 43 25 W region CA BC type city Category Canadian Pacific Railway Last Spike Canadian Pacific Railway Category 1885 in Canada Last Spike Canadian Pacific Railway Category History of British Columbia Last Spike Canadian Pacific Railway Category Shuswap Country ... and construction of a trans Canadian railway. ref The Last Spike . Designers Tom Dalgliesh ... the need for other work besides the track itself meant that the railway did not actually open until June 1886 , driven through under engineer James Ross Canadian businessman James Ross , it remains today a symbol of national unity in Canada. At the time, it fulfilled an 1871 commitment made by the Canadian federal government to British Columbia which stipulated that a railroad be built joining the Pacific province to Central Canada . The promise of a transcontinental railway had been a major factor in British Columbia s decision to join the Canadian Confederation . However, successive governments mismanaged the project and by the original deadline of 1881 little of the railway had been completed ..., but he was required to return to Ottawa before the completion of the railway. The Last Spike was removed ... Berton, The Last Spike The Great Railway, 1881 1885 . ref ref cite web url http books.google.ca books ... important recollection of this event is the narrative poem entitled Towards the Last Spike by Canadian ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Upper Lake Service

    of the Rates of Ocean Transportation, p. 186. page 186 ref Canadian Pacific Railway Upper ... Pacific connections. Inland fleet dynamic list border 1 style border collapse collapse colspan 7 colspan 7 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY UPPER LAKE FLEET colspan 7 width 5 Active Service width 35 Vessel ... Keewatin Maritime Museum Category Canadian Pacific Railway Canada stub ... books?id iWoTAAAAYAAJ&q ss empress of britain&dq ss empress of britain&lr &pgis 1 Canadian Pacific The Story of the Famous Shipping Line. Toronto Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada. 10 ISBN 0039202917 13 ISBN 9780039202910 http www.worldcat.org title canadian pacific the story of the famous ...   more details



  1. Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station

    File Strathcona CPR Station 10.jpg thumb The Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station in June 2010. 250px The Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station was built by the Calgary and Edmonton Railway in what was then the City of Strathcona, Alberta . It was started in 1907, completed in 1908, and expanded in 1910, and is located at what is now 8101 Gateway Boulevard , just south of Whyte Avenue . The building was initially the northern terminus of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway serving Strathcona and Edmonton, although Canadian Pacific later expanded that line north across the North Saskatchewan River via the High Level Bridge Edmonton High Level Bridge into Edmonton proper. The building was designated a Canadian Heritage Railway Station in 1991, ref cite web url http www.pc.gc.ca clmhc hsmbc gfp hrs ab e.asp title Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Heritage Railway Stations List of designated stations in Alberta accessdate 2010 03 03 ref when it was still owned by CP and therefore subject to federal regulation. After being sold by CP it was designated a Municipal Historic Resource in 2003, ref cite web url https hermis.alberta.ca ARHP Details.aspx?DeptID 1&ObjectID 4664 0106 title Alberta Registered Historic Places accessdate 2010 03 03 ref and a Provincial Historic Resource in 2004 ref cite web url https hermis.alberta.ca ARHP Details.aspx?DeptID 1&ObjectID 4665 0844 title Alberta Registered Historic Places accessdate 2010 03 03 ref . From 1998 to 2010 the building ... region CA AB display title Edmonton landmarks Category Canadian Pacific Railway stations in Alberta Category Railway stations opened in 1908 Category Disused railway stations in Canada Category Designated Heritage Railway Stations of Canada Category Provincial Historic Resources in Edmonton ... however, a replica now sits in the same place, and is now the Calgary & Edmonton Railway Station ... url http railwaymuseum.ab.ca node 24 title The Alberta Railway Museum accessdate 2010 03 03 ref ref ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Lake and River Service

    collapse collapse colspan 7 colspan 7 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LAKE AND RIVER FLEET colspan 7 width ... Names width 20 Notes width 5 Loss Date colspan 7 colspan 7 Canadian Pacific Railway 1884 1915 colspan ... http www.worldcat.org title canadian pacific the story of the famous shipping line oclc 7540915?referer di&ht edition OCLC 7540915 Steamboats British Columbia Category Canadian Pacific Railway ... ss empress of britain&dq ss empress of britain&lr &pgis 1 Canadian Pacific The Story of the Famous ... The Official railway Guide North American Freight service edition, p. 573. page 573 ref More ...   more details



  1. List of presidents of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

    Presidents List of CPR presidents since 1881 1881 1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen ref http query.nytimes.com mem archive free pdf?res 940DE5DB1730E633A25754C2A9639C94669FD7CF British Columbia and Japan, New York Times. May 27, 1887. ref 1889 1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne 1899 1918 Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy 1918 1942 Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty 1942 1947 D Alton Corry Coleman 1947 1948 William Neal William M. Neal ref http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F40A1EF73E5A157B93C0A9178AD85F4C8485F9&scp 25&sq canadian pacific&st p Canadian Pacific Aids Immigration Units Added to Transatlantic Fleet, Others Now Planned to Convey Manpower, New York Times. January 2, 1948. ref 1948 1955 William A. Mather 1955 1964, 1966 Norris Roy Crump Norris Roy Buck Crump ref http select.nytimes.com mem archive pdf?res F00F16F9385E107B93C7A9178ED85F418585F9 Takes Throttle at Canadian Pacific, New York Times. May 5, 1955. ref 1964 1966 Robert A. Emerson Robert A. Bob Emerson ref http select.nytimes.com mem archive pdf?res F60D11FD3A541A7493C7A81788D85F428685F9 R.A. Emerson Dies Headed Railroad Canadian Pacific President, 54, Started at Bottom, New York Times. March 15, 1966. ref 1966 1972 Ian David Sinclair a.k.a. Big Julie 1972 1981 Frederick Fred Burbidge 1981 1996 William W. Stinson William Bill Stinson 1996 2001 David O Brien 2001 2006 Robert J. Ritchie railroad executive Robert J. Rob Ritchie 2006 present Frederick J. Green Frederick J. Fred Green Notes reflist Category Canadian Pacific Railway executives nl Canadian Pacific Railroad ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service

    Cp police.jpg 50px logocaption Crest of the Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service badge badgecaption ... CPPolice Pages default.aspx CP Police footnotes The Canadian Pacific Police Service CPPS is a private police force enforcing safety and policing along Canadian Pacific Railway properties and rail ... in the USA. Mandate Canadian Pacific Police Service are responsible for all aspects of railway security ...Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname Canadian Pacific Police Service nativename nativenamea nativenamer ... Canadian Pacific international collapsible list title 2 Canada United States map mapcaption ... chief1position Chief of Police parentagency Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific Company child1agency ... in the Greater Toronto Area . The current head of the CP force is Chief Ivan McClelland. History The Canadian Pacific Police is one of the oldest police services in Canada. CP Railway Police have a long and storied past within Canada and CP Rail is a part of Canada s history. Railway police were called upon many times to police railway town s, and to keep the peace during the building of the Canadian Railways from coast to coast. The railway police history dates many years and continues the tradition of protecting Canada s vast section of railway. In recent years they have been downsized and now ... the Railway Safety Act . The Railway Safety Act is a federal act that allows for any federal railway to appoint officers as police constables. These railway police constables have all the powers of a regular ... by a railway company and the protection of persons and property on that property. ref http www.canlii.org ca sta r 4.2 whole.html Railway Safety Act R.S., 1985, c. 32 4th Supp. ref Railway police are unique ... duties of a railway police officer are to protect the public using the company facilities, the employees ... crimes against the railway, assist the local police services, issuing tickets and many ... sections of railway tracks to patrol and conduct active enforcement and public safety initiatives ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia

    No footnotes date January 2011 Railway line header UKrail header2 Canadian Pacific Railway in BC Route ... Banff alt. 2348 Image with inadequate rationale removed image Canadian Pacific Logo 1996.png 162 center The Canadian Pacific Railway is a Canada Canadian Class I Railroad that stretches from Montreal .... Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway Bill was approved by the House of Commons ... 7, 1885, the Last Spike Canadian Pacific Railway Last Spike was driven at Craigellachie, British ... in the Kootenays. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a line from Lethbridge, Alberta, to a lakehead ... was accessible from the north, by a rail connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Revelstoke ... of the CPR the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway . Both lines arrived ... locomotives of the 2 10 4 wheel arrangement built for the Canadian Pacific Railway by Montreal ... to 5919. The Canadian Pacific Railway s classification was T1a. These locomotives weighed 375 short ... was in a powerful position during the World War I First World War . Canadian Pacific Railway currently ... as a joint venture between Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway in 1967 ... of British Columbia Category Canadian Pacific Railway ... transport in Canada. Background File Canadian Pacific 2816.jpg thumb left 250px Canadian Pacific 2816 ... Pacific Railway to British Columbia and to assume the colony s debt, British Columbia became ... Sir John A. Macdonald s government fell in 1872 due to Pacific Scandal corruption in railway contracts ... Onderdonk to build a railway two hundred miles from Port Moody on the Pacific tidewater to Savona ... The Empress The Crow Rate or Crow s Nest Freight Rate was a subsidy offered to the Canadian Pacific Railway by the Canadian government. The subsidy was instituted by an 1897 agreement between the CPR ... Royal Canadian Pacific PC.jpg thumb 250px right The Royal Canadian Pacific at Banff, Alberta Banff ...   more details



  1. River Subdivision (Canadian Pacific Railway)

    Red Wing and Winona, Minnesota Winona along the River Sub. References reflist Category Canadian Pacific Railway Category Rail infrastructure in Minnesota ...CP River Subdivision The River Subdivision or River Sub is a railway line along the Mississippi River that runs approximately convert 124 mi from Saint Paul, Minnesota south to La Crescent, Minnesota La Crescent . ref cite web url http donwinter.com Railroad 20Infrastructure 20and 20Traffic 20Data Trunk 20Routes Milwaukee 20Road 20Hiawatha 20Routes Route 20Descriptions Saint 20Croix 20Junction 20to 20La 20Crescent.htm title Saint Croix Junction to La Crescent author Don Winter work Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Routes accessdate May 31, 2010 ref U.S. Highway 61 closely parallels the route. The line is operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway through its primary United States subsidiary, the Soo Line Railroad . BNSF Railway operates a complementary St. Croix Subdivision which traces the eastern side of the river in Minnesota and Wisconsin . The two routes share some track between Saint Paul and Hastings, Minnesota . The line s origins trace to the Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Company, which started building a line from Saint Paul southward along the river in 1865. The line was completed to Minnesota City, Minnesota Minnesota City in 1870, and made a junction with the Winona and St. Peter Railroad under control of the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1871. In December of 1871, the river line was sold to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad , and it continued to be operated by the Milwaukee Road for over a century. The Milwaukee Road had a crossing in Winona, Minnesota Winona and immediately made use of their new connection to Saint Paul. They extended the line south to La Crescent in 1872 and built a new bridge over the river to La Crosse, Wisconsin . ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id xkMvAAAAYAAJ&dq history 20of 20wabasha 20county&pg PA104 v onepage&f false ...   more details



  1. Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station

    orphan date March 2010 Infobox Historic building name Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station image caption map type location 301 Pacific Avenue br Portage La Prairie, Manitoba location town Portage La Prairie , Manitoba MB location country Canada coordinates Coord 49 58 41 N 98 17 32.85 W display inline,title architect Edward Colonna client Canadian Pacific Railway engineer construction start date completion date 1893 date demolished cost structural system style size 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 date August 2010 provided at the Portage la Prairie railway station . This station was designated a historic site in 1992 ref http www.pc.gc.ca clmhc hsmbc gfp hrs mb E.asp ref . Footnotes reflist External links http www.cprstationportage.ca Station Restoration Information DEFAULTSORT Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station Category Railway stations in Manitoba Category Designated Heritage Railway Stations of Canada Category Railway stations opened in 1893 Category Buildings and structures completed in 1893 ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific (disambiguation)

    Canadian Pacific Railway CPR is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881. Canadian Pacific may also refer to Canadian Pacific film Canadian Pacific film , a 1949 historical Western Canadian Pacific song Canadian Pacific song , a 1969 single by George Hamilton IV Canadian Pacific Air Lines , a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987 Canadian Pacific Building disambiguation , various buildings with the name Canadian Pacific Steamships , a shipping company Canadian Pacific 2816 , a 4 6 4 H1b Hudson used by the Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific 374 , a Canadian Pacific Railway steam engine Royal Canadian Pacific , a luxury excursion passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway See also Pacific Canada, a term for British Columbia , the westernmost of Canada s provinces Canadian Northern Pacific Railway , a historic Canadian railway intitle Canadian Pacific lookfrom Canadian Pacific disambig ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Building

    Canadian Pacific Building may refer to Canadian Pacific Building London Canadian Pacific Building New York City Canadian Pacific Building Toronto See also Canadian Pacific disambiguation disambig Category Canadian Pacific Railway infrastructure ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Building (London)

    The Canadian Pacific Building at 62 65 Trafalgar Square formerly 62 65 Charing Cross Road ref http www.archive.org stream yearbook1912roya yearbook1912roya djvu.txt ref is an office building in Westminster in London , England. It was once the London offices of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and its affiliated steamship line CP Ships , hotel chain Canadian Pacific Hotels , and other List of subsidiary railways of the Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiary companies . It is now occupied by the Canadian Tourism Commission , ref http en corporate.canada.travel Contact ref among others. References references Trafalgar Square Coord 51.5074 0.1287 type landmark region GB WSM display title Category Canadian Pacific Railway infrastructure Category Trafalgar Square Category Buildings and structures in Westminster Category Office buildings in the United Kingdom mk ...   more details



  1. Royal Canadian Pacific

    Infobox SG rail railroad name Royal Canadian Pacific logo filename Royal Canadian Pacific logo.png logo size 164px system map map caption map size marks ? image Royal Canadian Pacific PC.jpg image size image caption The Royal Canadian Pacific at Banff railway station Banff station locale start year 2000 end year present predecessor line successor line gauge old gauge electrification length hq city Calgary , Alberta website http www.royalcanadianpacific.com royalcanadianpacific.com The Royal Canadian Pacific is a luxury excursion passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway CPR , inaugurated on June 7, 2000, after the CPR received the royal designation for the service from Elizabeth II , Monarchy of Canada Queen of Canada . The train operates seasonally from June to September, on CPR trackage through the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia . All trains are based out of Calgary, Alberta , at the former Via Rail station near CPR s corporate headquarters. A typical excursion would be a 1,050  km 650  mi route from Calgary through the Columbia River Columbia River Valley and Crowsnest Pass , before returning to Calgary. Such a trip would take six days and five nights with no operating at night in order to preserve the sight seeing of mountain scenery during the daylight hours. The train consists of up to eight luxury passenger cars built between 1916 and 1931, and is powered by restored first generation diesel locomotives. See also Canadian Pacific Railway Royal trains Canadian Pacific Railway Royal trains List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage List of heritage railways in Canada Royal and viceroyal transport in Canada External links http www.royalcanadianpacific.com Royal Canadian Pacific Canadianmetros Category Canadian Pacific Railway passenger trains Category Named passenger trains of Canada Category Luxury trains Category Canadian Rockies Category Passenger rail transport in Alberta Category Transportation in Calgary Category ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Building (Toronto)

    Dundurn Press year 2011 location Toronto pages 139 accessdate 2011 12 31 ref The Canadian Pacific Railway ... completed in 1913 Category Buildings and structures in Toronto Category Canadian Pacific Railway infrastructure ...Other uses Canadian Pacific Building disambiguation Canadian Pacific Building Infobox building name Canadian Pacific Building image 69 Yonge Street.JPG image size 250px alternate names Canadian Pacific Railway Building location 69 Yonge Street br Toronto , Ontario , Canada latd 43.649043 longd 79.377564 iso region CA ON coordinates display title completion date 1913 building type Commercial offices roof c. convert 85 m abbr on top floor floor count 15 elevator count 3 cost floor area convert sqft abbr on architect Darling and Pearson structural engineer main contractor developer owner management references ref emporis 112565 ref ref skyscraperpage 31510 ref The Canadian Pacific Building is a 15 storey highrise at 69 Yonge Street in Toronto designed by the architectural firm of Darling and Pearson . When completed in 1913 as corporate headquarters for the Canadian Pacific Railway , it was the tallest building in Canada, and the British Empire as well. ref cite web author Derek Boles title CP Building 1913 url http www.trha.ca cpbuilding.html publisher Toronto Railway Historical Association date Monday, 23 August 2010 accessdate 6 October 2010 ref By 1929, its original ornate terracotta exterior proved to be unable to sufficiently withstand Canadian winters. Over the course of one year and a half, under the supervision of its original architects Darling and Pearson, it was reclad with Indiana Limestone from the fourth floor up the original granite on the first three floors was not touched. ref cite book last1 Osbaldeston first1 Mark title Unbuilt Toronto 2 More of the City That Might ... Reflist External links Commons inline Category Canadian Pacific Building Canadian Pacific Building http www.urbandb.com canada ontario toronto canadian pacific building Canadian Pacific Building, Toronto ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific 283

    Infobox Locomotive name Canadian Pacific No. 283 powertype Steam image Johnamacdonaldfuneraltrain.jpg caption Engine 283 with Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald s funeral train. builder Hinkley Locomotive Works serialnumber 1619 builddate 1883 driverdiameter 62 in cylindersize 17 in dia × 24 in stroke whytetype 4 4 0 American railroad Canadian Pacific Railway roadnumber 283 officialname retiredate 1897 disposition Scrapped Canadian Pacific Railway no. 283 was a 4 4 0 locomotive built by the Hinkley Locomotive works in 1883. The engine did not receive a class designation like most of the railway s locomotives received, and little is known about its service life, though it can be assumed that the engine was in general passenger and freight service throughout its career. The engine is notable for having pulled the funeral train of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario on June 10, 1891. ref http cprsteam.org cgi locoinq.pl?i user id jrun&i user key 298124&i loco 283NEW1883 08 ref It was scrapped in 1897. references Category Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives Category History of rail transport in Canada Category Railway locomotives introduced in 1883 Category 4 4 0 locomotives ...   more details



  1. Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company

    Infobox Defunct Company company name Canadian Pacific Navigation Company company logo Image Canadian Pacific Navigation Co ad, BC Mining record, 12 99.JPG 200px thumb Advertisement for Canadian Pacific Navigation Co., December 1899, from the BC Mining Record . fate Merged into successor corporation foundation 1883 defunct 1901 location Victoria, British Columbia successor Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company was an important early steamship company that operated steamships on the coast of British Columbia and the Inside Passage of southeast Alaska. The company was founded in 1883 by John Irving steamship captain John Irving 1854 1936 , a prominent steamboat man, businessman, and politician of early British Columbia. In 1901 the company was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway , becoming the steamship division of the CPR. Ships The company owned a variety of vessels, including the sternwheeler R.P. Rithet sternwheeler R.P. Rithet , the old sidewheelers Wilson G. Hunt sidewheeler Wilson G. Hunt and Yosemite sidewheeler Yosemite , and the coastal steamer Willapa steamship Willapa . References Hacking, Norman R., and Lamb, W. Kaye, The Princess Story A Century and A Half of West Coast Shipping , Mitchell Press, Vancouver BC 1974 Newell, Gordon, R., ed. H.W. McCurdy Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest , Superior Publishing 1966. Turner, Robert D., Pacific Princesses An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railway s Princess Fleet on the Pacific Northwest Coast , Sono Nis Press, Victoria, B.C., 1977 ISBN 0 919462 04 9 http books.google.com books?id seRDAAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden s Marine history of the Pacific Northwest , Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR 1995 Commons category inline Canadian Pacific Navigation Company Steamboats British Columbia Category Transportation in British Columbia Category History of British Columbia Category Interior of British Columbia Category Defunct ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Survey

    Other Canadian Pacific disambiguation Image Canadian Pacific Railway Survey Engineers, 1872.jpg thumb 250px Unidentified engineers of the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, 1872. The Canadian Pacific Survey or Canadian Pacific Railway Survey comprised many distinct Geography geographical Surveying survey s conducted during the 1870s and 1880s, designed to determine the ideal route of the Canadian Pacific Railway . Although much of the survey s activity focused on locating suitable mountain pass es through the Canadian Rockies , Selkirk Mountains , Monashee Mountains , North Cascades Canadian Cascades and Coast Mountains of western Canada , locating the best route across the rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield north of Lake Superior was also a primary goal. The survey played an important role in the exploration of Canada , especially in the mapping of hitherto uncharted parts of British Columbia . In British Columbia, survey work was overseen by Walter Moberly engineer Walter Moberly , a former Colony of British Columbia land official and Legislative Council of British Columbia cabinet member , and involved Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes steamboat support vessels on the Arrow Lakes and Columbia River , and on Kootenay Lake , Shuswap Lake , Seton Lake and others. ref http www.trailsintime.org ?request ships Steampships of the Columbia article in Trail in Time website by Walter Volovsek ref The survey entailed the first detailed mapping of much of southern British Columbia, including remote areas such as the Coast Mountains icefields and a range of potential pass and route combinations, including new discoveries the most notable and crucial of which was Rogers Pass British Columbia Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains , but also less famously but no less crucially Eagle ... ref References Reflist Category Canadian Pacific Railway Category History of British Columbia Canada ... Howe Sound routing of the Pacific Great Eastern . One party, led by Stanley Smith surveyor Stanley ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific 374

    Infobox locomotive name Canadian Pacific 374 powertype Steam image Engine 374 Roundhouse 2002.jpg caption CPR Engine No. 374 at the Drake Street Roundhouse in Yaletown, Vancouver 2002 . builder Canadian Pacific Railway New Shops builddate May 1886 serialnumber 1038 whytetype 4 4 0 gauge RailGauge ussg leadingdiameter driverdiameter convert 63 in m 3 abbr on weightondrivers convert 71000 lb t 1 abr on locoweight convert 115000 lb t abbr on boilerpressure convert 160 psi MPa 2 abbr on cylindercount Two cylindersize convert 17 x 24 in mm 0 abbr on tractiveeffort convert 15000 lbf kN 2 abbr on railroad Canadian Pacific Railway railroadclass roadnumber 374, renum 92 in 1907, 245 in 1909, 158 in 1913 firstrundate retiredate July 1945 disposition static display at Drake Street Roundhouse, Vancouver Engine No. 374 was the steam engine which pulled the first transcontinental train to arrive in Vancouver , arriving on May 23, 1887. This was a year after its sister Engine No. 371 brought first Canadian Pacific Railway train to cross Canada into Port Moody . No. 374 was built by the CPR in 1886 and was one of eight similar 4 4 0 steam locomotives built that year in the Montreal shops. While No. 371 was scrapped in 1915, No. 374 was completely rebuilt in 1914 and continued in service until 1945. It was then cosmetically restored to look similar to its original 1886 appearance and put on display at Kitsilano beach. It remained there until 1983 when it was moved to a warehouse on Granville Island ... Station Pavilion, was built to house and preserve No. 374. File Canadian Pacific First Train.jpg thumb none 350px The first train to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific at Port Arthur, Ontario 1886 . References http www.wcra.org engine374 Engine 374 page, West Coast Railway Association website DEFAULTSORT Canadian Pacific 0374 Category History of Vancouver Category Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives ... Category Railway locomotives introduced in 1886 Category 4 4 0 locomotives ...   more details



  1. Canadian Pacific Limited

    Other uses Canadian Pacific disambiguation Canadian Pacific Limited was created in 1971 to own properties formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway , a transportation and mining giant in Canada. In October ... separate companies for each, including Canadian Pacific Railway Limited . History The Canadian Pacific Railway Company was incorporated on February 16, 1881, to build a railway linking British Columbia with Ontario and Quebec. On July 5, 1971, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was renamed Canadian ... 4, 1996, as part of a corporate reorganization, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company became a subsidiary of a new company that assumed the Canadian Pacific Limited name. Canadian Pacific Limited s non railway operations also became subsidiaries of the new Canadian Pacific Limited, leaving the Canadian Pacific Railway Company with the railway operations. In 2001, the five remaining subsidiaries of Canadian Pacific Limited were spun off into separate companies. CP Hotels Main Canadian Pacific Hotels ... Toronto, Ontario Railway Main Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway began as a private tender to build a railway line connecting eastern Canada to the Pacific. Formed by a group of businessmen ... became Canadian Pacific Express Company in 1926. It operated independently from the Railway with charges ... 2004 2bCorporate 2bProfile 2band 2bFact 2bBook.pdf Canadian Pacific Railway 2004 Corporate Profile ... Pacific Railway de Canadian Pacific Limited ... co owned with rival Canadian National Railway and as Unitel Communications Incorporated 1990. Prior ... in the early 1940s and merged them to establish Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1942 to service western ... and immigration and colonization activities. In 1958, CP created Canadian Pacific Oil and Gas Company ... Land Canadian Pacific Investments was created in 1962 to expand CP from core transportation business, but since 2001, CP now is focused on fewer businesses. CPI became Canadian Pacific Enterprises ...   more details




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