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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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, B.C.
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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.
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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.
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The Canadian (M6350)
CPR's new stainless steel transcontinental passenger train "The Canadian" passes Gap Lake, B.C.
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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.
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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.
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