The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail, is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas
CP 8137, a rebuilt GE AC4400CWM, in Chesterton, Indiana
CPR crew laying track at lower Fraser Valley, 1883
William Cornelius Van Horne
Telegram to Prime Minister John A. Macdonald announcing the completion of the CPR, November 7, 1885
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. It is one of Canada's
Canadian Pacific Railway
…CPR had competition from three other transcontinental lines, all of them money-losers. In 1919, these lines were consolidated into the government-owned Canadian National Railways. During the First World War, CPR put the entire resources of the "world's greatest travel system" at the disposal of the British Empire, not only trains…
A CN freight train in Alberta, Canada, pulled by three diesel-electric locomotives (types EMD SD70M-2, SD75I, and SD60F).
The headquarters of CN in Downtown Montreal
Historical marker at site of Canadian Northern's "last spike" near Ashcroft, British Columbia
Properties of the CN in the United States serve, in many instances, as routes for Amtrak. Pictured is the Amtrak station in Hammond, Louisiana, refurbished with a modern passenger platform. This segment of the CN was built in 1854 to form part of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern railway, which later became part of Illinois Central.[citation needed]