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Where both trains had been daily prior to the 15 January cuts, the surviving Canadian was only a three-times-weekly operation. In October , 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. In addition to inter-city passenger services, the CPR also provided commuter rail services in Montreal.
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CP Rail introduced Canada's first bi-level passenger cars here in Canadian Pacific Railway currently operates two commuter services under contract. Bombardier Transportation assumed control of train operations on 5 May 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 CPR decided from the very beginning that it would operate its own sleeping cars, unlike railways in the United States that depended upon independent companies that specialized in providing cars and porters, including building the cars themselves.
Pullman was long a famous name in this regard; its Pullman porters were legendary. Other early companies included the Wagner Palace Car Company. Bigger-sized berths and more comfortable surroundings were built by order of the CPR's General Manager, William Van Horne , who was a large man himself. Providing and operating their own cars allowed better control of the service provided as well as keeping all of the revenue received, although dining-car services were never profitable. 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.
Van Horne decided from the very beginning that the CPR would retain as much revenue from its various operations as it could. This translated into keeping express, telegraph, sleeping car and other lines of business for themselves, creating separate departments or companies as necessary. 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.
Others such as sleeping and dining cars were kept in order to provide better control over the quality of service being provided to passengers. Hotels were likewise crucial to the CPR's growth by attracting travellers. It was operated as a separate company with the railway charging them to haul express cars on trains. Express was handled in separate cars, some with employees on board, on the headend of passenger trains to provide a fast scheduled service for which higher rates could be charged than for LCL Less than Carload Lot , small shipments of freight which were subject to delay.
Aside from all sorts of small shipments for all kinds of businesses such products as cream, butter, poultry and eggs were handled along with fresh flowers, fish and other sea foods some handled in separate refrigerated cars. Horses and livestock along with birds and small animals including prize cattle for exhibition were carried often in special horse cars that had facilities for grooms to ride with their animals.
Automobiles for individuals were also handled by express in closed boxcars. Gold and silver bullion as well as cash were carried in large amounts between the mint and banks and Express messengers were armed for security. Small business money shipments and valuables such as jewellery were routinely handled in small packets. Money orders and travellers' cheques were an important part of the express company's business and were used worldwide in the years before credit cards.
Canadian Express Cartage Department was formed in March to handle pickup and delivery of most express shipments including less-than-carload freight. Their trucks were painted Killarney dark green while regular express company vehicles were painted bright red. Express routes using highway trucks beginning in November in southern Ontario and Alberta co-ordinated railway and highway service expanded service to better serve smaller locations especially on branchlines. Trucking operations would go on to expand across Canada making it an important transport provider for small shipments.
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A silk train could carry several million dollars' worth of silk, so they had their own armed guards. 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. The silk trains had superior rights over all other trains; even passenger trains including the Royal Train of would be put in sidings to make the silk trains' trip faster.
At the end of World War II, the invention of nylon made silk less valuable, so the silk trains died out. Funeral trains would carry the remains of important people, such as prime ministers. As the train would pass, mourners would be at certain spots to show respect.
Two of the CPR's funeral trains are particularly well-known.
Macdonald ran from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario. The train consisted of five heavily draped passenger cars and was pulled by No. The CPR ran a number of trains that transported members of the Canadian Royal Family when they have toured the country. These trains transported royalty through Canada's scenery, forests, small towns and enabled people to see and greet them.
Their trains were elegantly decorated; some had amenities such as a post office and barber shop. The CPR's most notable royal train was in This was the first visit to Canada by a reigning Monarch. They were specially painted royal blue, with the exception of CNR which was not painted, with silver trim as was the entire train. The King, somewhat of a railbuff , rode in the cab when possible. This applied only to the semi-streamlined locomotives — , not the "standard" Hudsons — CPR provided the rolling stock for the Better Farming Train which toured rural Saskatchewan between and to promote the latest information on agricultural research.
It was staffed by the University of Saskatchewan and operating expenses were covered by the Department of Agriculture. Between and the early s, the CPR ran a school car to reach children who lived in Northern Ontario, far from schools. A teacher would travel in a specially designed car to remote areas and would stay to teach in one area for two to three days, then leave for another area.
Each car had a blackboard and a few sets of chairs and desks.
They also contained miniature libraries and accommodation for the teacher. Major shooting for the film Silver Streak , a fictional comedy tale of a murder-ridden train trip from Los Angeles to Chicago, was done on the CPR, mainly in the Alberta area with station footage at Toronto's Union Station. The train set was so lightly disguised as the fictional "AMRoad" that the locomotives and cars still carried their original names and numbers, along with the easily identifiable CP Rail red-striped paint scheme.
The Holiday Train celebrates the holiday season and collects donations for community food banks and hunger issues. Each train has a box car stage for entertainers who are travelling along with the train. Only entertainers and CP employees are allowed to board the train aside from a coach car that takes employees and their families from one stop to the next. All donations collected in a community remain in that community for distribution.
They are each decorated with hundred of thousands of LED Christmas lights. In to celebrate the program's 15th year, three signature events were held in Hamilton, Ontario , Calgary, Alberta , and Cottage Grove, Minnesota , to further raise awareness for hunger issues. The trains feature different entertainers each year; in , one train featured Dallas Smith and the Odds , while the other featured Colin James and Kelly Prescott.
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The trip takes six days and five nights. The train consists of up to eight luxury passenger cars built between and and is powered by first-generation diesel locomotives. In , the CPR repatriated one of its former passenger steam locomotives that had been on static display in the United States following its sale in January , long after the close of the steam era. It was subsequently returned to service to promote public relations.
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It has operated across much of the CPR system, including lines in the U. Hunter Harrison discontinued the steam program. In , Canadian Pacific partnered with the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to present a "Spirit Train" tour that featured Olympic-themed events at various stops. Colin James was a headline entertainer. Several stops were met by protesters who argued that the games were slated to take place on stolen indigenous land.
The train stopped in 13 cities along its 3-week summer tour, offering a free block party and concert from Dean Brody , Kelly Prescott [] and Dallas Arcand. Historically, Canadian Pacific operated several non-railway businesses. In , these businesses were split off into the separate company Canadian Pacific Limited , and in , that company was further split into five companies.