| On a trestle(A15515)
The first westbound CPR transcontinental passenger train from Montreal atop a wooden trestle near Glacier, BC, the day before its arrival at the Pacific Coast terminal of Port Moody.
Date: July 3, 1886
Artist/Photographer: Oliver B. Buell
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives, O. Lavallée collection
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| Train leaving Donald, BC(A4209)
A west-bound CPR freight train leaving Donald, B.C. The men atop the boxcar are probably brakemen.
Date: 1885
Artist/Photographer: Oliver B. Buell
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Train at Mount Stephen(M2740)
Just east of Field, B.C., steam engine No. 5810 leads an east-bound freight train out of a snow shed at the base of Mount Stephen.
Date: c.1945
Artist/Photographer: Nicholas Morant (CPR)
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Train at Sturgeon Falls, ON(A20856)
CPR steam locomotive No. 346 and freight train at Sturgeon Falls, ON.
Date: 1886-1887
Artist/Photographer:
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| BC timber moves east(NS24087)
Carloads of British Columbia timber consigned to the eastern markets leave the Hastings Saw Mills property near Vancouver.
Date: c.1890
Artist/Photographer:
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Ski trains(NS774)
CPR ski trains and crews await departure from Ste. Agathe, QC, with thousands of skiers returning to Montreal from a weekend on the slopes of the Laurentian Mountains.
Date: 1938
Artist/Photographer: CPR
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| First transcontinental(NS19991)
The first CPR transcontinental passenger train from Montreal arrives at the Pacific terminal of Port Moody, BC, "sharp on time".
Date: July 4, 1886
Artist/Photographer:
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| At Spiral Tunnels(M2079)
An eastbound CPR train of heavy steel passenger cars negotiates the curves and grade between the lower and upper Spiral Tunnels east of Field, BC.
Date: c.1939
Artist/Photographer: Nicholas Morant (CPR)
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Train by Castle Mountain(M4069)
Steam engine No. 5429 leads a passenger train east-bound on the CPR's Laggan Subdivision in Alberta. Castle Mountain, then Mt. Eisenhower, towers in the background.
Date: c.1947
Artist/Photographer: Nicholas Morant (CPR)
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Train at Sharbot Lake, ON(NS25751)
A CPR train crew poses for the camera while waiting for their steam locomotive to replenish its water supply, at Sharbot Lake, ON.
Date: c.1910
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Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Pacific Express(A17566)
Members of the train crew pose with a west-bound "Pacific Express", at the first crossing of the Illecillewaet River near Glacier, B.C.
Date: 1886
Artist/Photographer:
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| The Canadian (M6350)
CPR's new stainless steel transcontinental passenger train "The Canadian" passes Gap Lake, BC.
Date: 1955
Artist/Photographer: Nicholas Morant (CPR)
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Train at Donald, BC(NS18383)
A typical CPR transcontinental passenger train of the 1880s pauses at Donald, B.C. on a westbound trip.
Date: c.1888
Artist/Photographer: Boorne & May
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| North Of Superior(M7991)
A westbound CPR freight train negotiates the curve opposite Craddock Cove on the North Shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay, ON.
Date: c.1965
Artist/Photographer: Nicholas Morant (CPR)
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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| Arrival in Calgary(NS4811)
The daily CPR passenger train from Winnipeg arrives in Calgary shortly after regular service began in the fall of 1883.
Date: 1884
Artist/Photographer:
Source: Canadian Pacific Archives
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