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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.

Train leaving Donald, B.C. (A4209)

A west-bound CPR freight train leaving Donald, B.C. The men atop the boxcar are probably brakemen.

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.

Train at Sturgeon Falls, ON (A20856)

CPR steam locomotive No. 346 and freight train at Sturgeon Falls, ON.

B.C. timber moves east (NS24087)

Carloads of British Columbia timber consigned to the eastern markets leave the Hastings Saw Mills property near Vancouver.

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.

First transcontinental (NS19991)

The first CPR transcontinental passenger train from Montreal arrives at the Pacific terminal of Port Moody, BC, "sharp on time."

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Canadian (M6350)

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

Train at Donald, B.C. (NS18383)

A typical CPR transcontinental passenger train of the 1880s pauses at Donald, B.C. on a westbound trip.

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.

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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