[14] staking much of his personal wealth to the venture. CN 2978 was on the point, with 5009 and then demonstrator EMDX 7239 completing the trio. 1971, p. 280. The CPR also made many of their older 2-8-0s, built in the turn of the century, into 2-8-2s. Kansas City Southern takes buyout from Canadian National Railway Wears grey scheme; unit is OOS and is being used as parts source: 689: 786259-1: 6/1980--691 786260-1: 6/1980--695 & 697 . Union Pacific did not change its name to Union Pacific Southern. Seeing that this not a merger but a take-over. The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (19681996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. I sure hope CPKC doesnt stick, its time for something new. [37], On 3 November 1909, the Lethbridge Viaduct over the Oldman River valley at Lethbridge, Alberta, was opened. On September 16, 2019, Progress Rail rolled out two SD70ACU rebuilds in Canadian Pacific heritage paint schemes, and it was announced that there were to be ten units in total. Description: Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern are proposing a merger that would create a massive railroad to connect Canada, the USA, and Mexico! Maybe also because some Santa Fe employees thought BNSF meant Big New Santa Fe.. Canadian Pacific clinches $27-bln Kansas City Southern deal as rival I hate to see CPs traditional beaver logo fade way about as much as I hate to see KCSs classic and colorful red, yellow, and black scheme become part of history. To avoid train robberies and so minimize insurance costs, they travelled quickly and stopped only to change locomotives and crews, which was often done in under five minutes. LOL. CP also gains access to the dozen Gulf of Mexico ports that KCS and KCS de Mexico currently serve. This route was more direct and closer to the CanadaUS border, making it easier for the CPR to keep American railways from encroaching on the Canadian market. Car Red TCP-203 Maine Central 1930-50's Frt. CP Ships was merged with Hapag-Lloyd in 2005. We used our first name and their last name. Western, Missouri, Southern. On paper, UP still owns several subsidiary entities still actively named Southern Pacific Also, I would suspect that UP probably retained trademark rights. ha ha. Under the initial contract with the Canadian government to build the railway, the CPR was granted 25million acres (100,000km2). In October 2012, The Canadian was reduced to twice-weekly for the six-month off-season period, and currently operates three-times-weekly for only six months a year. Both university's were on line. In the first 6km (3.7mi) west of the 1,625 metres (5,331 feet) high summit, the Kicking Horse River drops 350 metres (1,150 feet). if you like red paint! KCS, which connects with all six of the major systems, has been the subject of merger speculation for years. On 28 October 2011, in a Schedule 13D filing, the U.S. hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM) indicated it owned 12.2 percent of Canadian Pacific. During 2003, the company earned CA$3.5billion in freight revenue. In British Columbia, government contractors eventually hired 17,000 workers from China, known as "coolies". It was presumed that the railway would travel through the rich "Fertile Belt" of the North Saskatchewan River Valley and cross the Rocky Mountains via the Yellowhead Pass, a route suggested by Fleming based on a decade of work. The CNR had built a radio network with the aim of promoting itself as well as entertaining its passengers during their travels. If you want to be descriptive of where the new railroad will operate, go with Arctic & Southern? I guess Im in the minority who doesnt find the abbreviation CPKC objectionable. MEDIA The Globe and Mail: How our CEO of the Year, CP Rail's Keith Creel, pulled off the biggest deal of 2021 November 24, 2021 CNBC Television: Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific CEOs on mega railroad merger September 16, 2021 The New York Times: Back on Track September 16, 2021 Bloomberg: Railroad Megadeal Marks Continued [citation needed], Automobiles for individuals were also handled by express in closed boxcars. Larry Shaak (2009), p. 189. After the completion of that section, Onderdonk received contracts to build between Yale and Port Moody, and between Savona's Ferry and Eagle Pass. At the end of the day it will be a corporate decision, most likely just Canadian Pacific Railway or they might even add an S and make it Canadian Pacific Railways. The current name and initials are a mouthful to pronounce. applied only to GM hood units. Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin. It was the coming of these newer technologies especially cellular telephones that eventually resulted in the demise of these services even after formation in 1967 of CN-CP Telecommunications in an effort to effect efficiencies through consolidation rather than competition. Canadian National beats Canadian Pacific with $33.6B Kansas City bid - CBC Once the railway was completed to British Columbia, the CPR chartered and soon bought their own passenger steamships as a link to the Orient. [69], In 201516 Canadian Pacific sought to merge with American railway Norfolk Southern. I also hate to see another railroad merger result in a crummy name weve got to live with for the next 40 years. It never becomes a non issue. The NS former Wabash is relatively lightly-used. This ended service by The Canadian over CPR rails, and the train was rerouted on the former Super Continental route via Canadian National without a change of name. These services gradually declined and ended in 1975 except for a freight barge on Slocan Lake. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.[2]. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP, NYSE: CP) ("CP") today announced the completion of its acquisition of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) ("KCS"). While the Milwaukee Hiawatha trains were flamboyantly decorated in maroon and orange, and the Empire Builder was Pullman green and orange, the Northern Pacific elected to paint its new streamliner two tones . Join Today! Used the old SMP AccuPaint years ago.these folks have taken that line and made this SOOOOO much better. Besides, CP long had a controlling interest in Soo. In 2006, the then-Prime Minister offered an apology for the treatment of Chinese workers, both during and following the construction of the CPR. Paul, If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy . Red Green, By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our, Get our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox. Candy Apple Red, "Canadian Pacific" lettering without Beaver The CPR scaled back on some of its passenger and freight services, and stopped issuing dividends to its shareholders after 1932. The trip takes six days and five nights. Candy Apple Red, Full "CP Rail System" lettering and "Dual The transaction represents an enterprise value of approximately US$31 billion. It makes me wonder if someone at the corporate level with a little bit of creativity can come up with something more imaginative and more descriptive than the new companys self-chosen name. Hate to see the KCS's beautiful paint scheme succumb to CP's drab maroon. The CCR started in Brockville and extended to Pembroke. In my opinion, simple often looks better than more complex. 283. Why not one railroad name to reflect that its fortunes are plainly about cities like Chicago, Kansas City, and Minneapolis? Whatever they pick is going to be fine, as long as its not a name that makes people scratch their heads going what does that name convey: I.E. KCS replaces Soo Line as the CP's lines in the US. Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. I was fortunate to catch two Kansas City Southern locomotives on the same train back in August 2018. Canadian Pacific has quite the variety in paint schemes . After 212 months of hard labour, they could net as little as $16. SooLineRob wrote: Canadian Pacific has quite the variety in paint schemes . CPC&PTC was never owned by the CPR. Robert Ray-friends of mine and on Facebook say BNSF stands for Been Nothing Since Frisco. On my test wing I used harsher tape and still it did not pull. Too bad no mention of CP leaving another loaded grain train on a grade in the Rockies with only emergency brakes applied, AND sending the locomotives to assist another train. You may know that the KCS has a significant presence in Mexico and that will be a significant bonus for CP. [45] During this time the railway land grants were formalized. [6] As of January 14, 2022, the largest shareholder of Canadian Pacific stock is TCI Fund Management Limited, a London-based hedge fund that owns 8.38% of the company.[7]. On painting a Eduard P-400 WWII airplane: Sleeping cars were operated by a separate department of the railway that included the dining and parlour cars and aptly named as the Sleeping, Dining and Parlour Car Department. The Holiday Train celebrates the holiday season and collects donations for community food banks and hunger issues. ), Guilford gray with CP markings (Units 4650,4652-4656 only. Leaders of the rival Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railroads on May 26 made their pitches about why their respective railroads should be approved to purchase Kansas City Southern Railroad. On 29 May 1914, the Empress (operated by the CPR's Canadian Pacific Steamship Company) went down in the St. Lawrence River with the loss of 1,024 lives, of which 840 were passengers. They also contained miniature libraries and accommodation for the teacher. 2-10-2s were also used in passenger service on mountain routes. The Canadian Pacific Acquisition of Kansas City South EIS interactive map provides a clickable map of potential impacts throughout the study area. Better than Canadian Southern Pacific. However, this government loan later became controversial. CPR stated its intention to use this purchase to gain access to the rich coalfields of Wyoming's Powder River Basin. College colors are not that uncommon. Im picturing blue locos as the new scheme. Thats an awkward mouthful. CPKC a 'Powerful Combination' - Railway Age After World War II, the trains and ships carried automobiles as well as passengers. Denis St. Pierre, "Protest greets Spirit Train". Following that successful experiment, the CPR started to dieselize its main network. After several days of curing I did have some pull up of Model Master Acryl, but not Tru-Color. We shant be renaming the company that created Canada. They are only there to retain the Trademark status. The TSB stated that it "does not share the view of the lead safety investigator". NS has a bit more complicated treatment on the nose compared to just the CP initials, but is right up there in simplicity of their locomotive painting. KANSAS CITY PACIFIC, Keep KCS paint scheme. Many were European immigrants. Kansas City Southern exits Canadian Pacific deal to take CNI's - CNBC Flag" logo. Looking at it trying to be open minded and not offend anyone the name should be kept as Canadian Pacific. Through the O&Q, the CPR had effected purchases and long-term leases of several railways, and built a line between Perth, Ontario, and Toronto (completed on 5 May 1884) to connect these acquisitions. He later agreed to cash it with the promise of an engraved watch.[21]. (Hey, why not? In 1948 Montreal Locomotive Works began production of ALCO designs.[145]. The CPR promised him a cheque for $5,000 and that the pass would be named in his honour. Rail News - KCS locomotives, cars to sport new 'heritage' paint scheme the cab (endcab switchers only). It is fairly visible (although gets muted when dirty). Canadian Pacific Railway currently operates two commuter services under contract. This was an -Overall red colour and white text: Found on various CP and KCS liveries. Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has completed its purchase of Kansas City Southern (KCS). Somehow that has a familiar ring to it. The new company, to be called Canadian Pacific Kansas City, will be based in Calgary and headed by Creel, who has extended his contract through 2026. . The range of CPR services were aspects of an integrated plan.[136]. The red and white paint scheme introduced with the GP30's was quite eye-catching. Via eventually took almost all of its passenger trains, including The Canadian, off CP's lines. The steam locomotives used to pull the train included CPR 2850, a Hudson (4-6-4) built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1938, CNR 6400, a U-4-a Northern (4-8-4) and CNR 6028 a U-1-b Mountain (4-8-2) type. The job of finding a pass was assigned to a surveyor named Major Albert Bowman Rogers. These units are numbered 70207023, with 7024 being renumbered to 6644 to commemorate the date of D-Day: 6 June 1944. Canadian Pacific Kansas City name is an awkward mouthful. [109][110] The Holiday Train also provides publicity for CP and a few of its customers. The King, somewhat of a railbuff, rode in the cab when possible. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. Rogers became obsessed with finding the pass that would immortalize his name. Paint scheme and Builder Number data provided by Michael Richmond. The CPR would own 37 of these locomotives, including number 8000, an experimental high pressure engine. They should totally go with Kansas Canadian City Pacific Southern! This acquisition gave the CPR a connection to Halifax, a significant port on the Atlantic Ocean. [16], A beaver was chosen as the railway's logo in honour of Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, who had risen from factor to governor of the Hudson's Bay Company over a lengthy career in the beaver fur trade. As a Canadian I would not like to lose such a storied name as Canadian Pacific. Even as initials, CPKC, it is going to be messy. It was operated as a separate company with the railway charging them to haul express cars on trains. This was necessary as the fledgling railway would need all the income it could get, and in addition, he saw some of these ancillary operations such as express and telegraph as being quite profitable. [15] Critics claimed that the government gave too large a subsidy for the proposed project but this was to incorporate uncertainties of risk and irreversibility of insurance. Passenger cars were carried as well as freight. Again, its where the railroad thrives. In 1895, it acquired a minority interest in the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, giving it a link to New York and the Northeast United States. Re Soo maroonIn the 19th century, Wisconsin Central's passenger cars were varnished redwood. They agreed to build the railway in exchange for $25 million (approximately $625million in modern Canadian dollars) in credit from the Canadian government and a grant of 25million acres (100,000km2) of land. But railway managers realized that those who could afford to travel great distances expected such facilities, and their favourable opinion would bode well to attracting others to Canada and the CPR's trains. What once took 24 changes of engines in 1886, all of them 4-4-0s except for two of 2-8-0s in the mountains, for 4,640 kilometres (2,883mi) between Montreal and Vancouver became 8 changes. 1/15/21 #66224. CPK&S for Canadian Pacific, Kansas, and Southern. I think itll work. There are also various long stretches of double track between Golden and Kamloops, British Columbia, and portions of the original Winnipeg-Thunder Bay double track (such as 30 kilometres (20mi) through Kenora and Keewatin, Ontario) are still double track. Donald A. Smith[14] and Norman Kittson were unofficial silent partners with a significant financial interest. Apparently this will ensure long-term inside and climate-controlled storage, as well as 'succession management' for the locomotive. CPR made loans and guarantees to the Allies of some $100million. ROBERT Looking at the map I see a problem: the lack of a direct route Chicago to KCMO. Tugs and barges handled railway equipment including one operation that saw the entire train including the locomotive and caboose go along. on IPMS National Convention, August 1-4, Ph, on Automobile Paint Added to Product Line. The railroads expect the merger to gain regulatory approval in 2022. deliveries in this scheme were AC4400CWs #9500-9582 and rebuilt SD40M-2's I never thought a name mattered much until there was local uproar about CN increasing the traffic and blocking more crossings more often on the old EJ&E. However, the CPR quickly discarded this plan in favour of a more southerly route across the arid Palliser's Triangle in Saskatchewan and via Kicking Horse Pass and down the Field Hill to the Rocky Mountain Trench. A bridge built in 1958 ended passenger service however, freight continued until Ogdensburg's dock was destroyed by fire 25 September 1970, thus ending all service. On 29 October 1978, CP Rail transferred its passenger services to Via Rail, a new federal Crown corporation that is responsible for managing all intercity passenger service formerly handled by both CP Rail and CN. [46], The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 until 1939, hit many companies heavily. DM&IR diesels also wore UMinn colors. See the map. 2816 to steam again for Holiday Train video (corrected)", "2022 Railroaders of the Year: Keith Creel and Pat Ottensmeyer, 'Transnational Team', "CP Canada 150 train connects Canada, draws thousands to celebrate CP's history and Canada's sesquicentennial", "Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) | Canadian company", "Presenting: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Historic Royal York Hotel One of Toronto's Crown Jewels (part I)", "The Radio Broadcast that Fulfilled the Promise", "The First Wave: The Beginnings of Radio in Canadian Distance Education", The Ocean Carrier: a History and Analysis of the Service and a Discussion of the Rates of Ocean Transportation, "Pacific Western Airlines Ltd | The Canadian Encyclopedia", "Canadian Pacific releases two SD70ACU heritage locomotives | Trains Magazine", "CP details paint schemes on commemorative locomotives", "News photo: Canadian Pacific locomotive honors shipper", "Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms", "CP Supports 'Orange Shirt Day' With 'Every Child Matters' Locomotive", "Calgary Herald, "Alberta's top 40 places to work", "Alberta's best focus on attracting, keeping staff", "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services", "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Transport Canada", Bibliography of Canadian economic history, CPR, from Sea to Sea: The Scottish Connection, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Pacific_Railway&oldid=1141592491, Acquired 1990, ex-SOO, 4500 series are ex-MILW, 86008655, 97009740, 97509784, 98009840, 8757 painted into an Every Child Matters livery for National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, Rebuilt in 1984 as an AC Traction test unit, Many rebuilt into SW1200RSUs in the 1980s, 90009003, 90059009, 90129013, 90159016, 90189019, Scrapped, The rest not numbered here went to. Canadian Pacific's lines in the U.S. are currently called "Soo Line". Ironically, the majority of the Soo Line track that is now part of CP is actually ex-Milwaukee Road.