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| Keywords: outdoor train vehicle railroad Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train 'The Canadian', Vancouver Waterfront, Vancouver, BC in July 1965. The Canadian was officially launched as the flagship transcontinental passenger train by the Canadian Pacific Railway on 24 April 1955. It was designated as Train No. 1 (from Toronto) and 11 (from Montreal via Ottawa) going westbound to Vancouver and Train No. 2 (to Toronto), and 12 (to Montreal via Ottawa) going eastbound. The two sections join and split in Sudbury, Ontario and the train travels through Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, and Banff. It was the first all stainless steel dome streamliner in Canada featuring stainless equipment built by the Budd Company. These stainless steel cars are still in use today on The Canadian, Via Rail Train No. 1 and 2. However, with the decline in passenger ridership in the 1970s, the Canadian Pacific Railway removed itself from the passenger rail market as the Federal Government formed the Crown corporation-Via Rail Canada in 1978, which assumed all responsibilities for CPR's passenger services. Despite the name, The Canadian today is routed through the Canadian National mainline via Sioux-Lookout, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Jasper formerly used by The Super Continental, former Canadian National Train No. 1 and 2, and former Via Rail Train No. 3 and 4. The only things preserved from The Canadian were merely the name and the stainless steel equipment. Source: www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.railpictures.net/i... Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train 'The Canadian', Vancouver Waterfront, Vancouver, BC in July 1965. The Canadian was officially launched as the flagship transcontinental passenger train by the Canadian Pacific Railway on 24 April 1955. It was designated as Train No. 1 (from Toronto) and 11 (from Montreal via Ottawa) going westbound to Vancouver and Train No. 2 (to Toronto), and 12 (to Montreal via Ottawa) going eastbound. The two sections join and split in Sudbury, Ontario and the train travels through Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, and Banff. It was the first all stainless steel dome streamliner in Canada featuring stainless equipment built by the Budd Company. These stainless steel cars are still in use today on The Canadian, Via Rail Train No. 1 and 2. However, with the decline in passenger ridership in the 1970s, the Canadian Pacific Railway removed itself from the passenger rail market as the Federal Government formed the Crown corporation-Via Rail Canada in 1978, which assumed all responsibilities for CPR's passenger services. Despite the name, The Canadian today is routed through the Canadian National mainline via Sioux-Lookout, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Jasper formerly used by The Super Continental, former Canadian National Train No. 1 and 2, and former Via Rail Train No. 3 and 4. The only things preserved from The Canadian were merely the name and the stainless steel equipment. Source: www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.railpictures.net/i... | ||||
