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Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotives and Wagons The railway was originally built between Eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885. It is now primarily a freight railway but the CPR was for many many years the only practical way of crossing the many provinces of Canada. It was instrumental in the development and settlement of Western Canada. The hard working Canadian Beaver was chosen as it's logo. |
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VIA Rail Canada now runs the passenger trains. In the early years the CPR's steam locomotives were American 4-4-0 and they also used the 4-6-0 and 2-8-0 locomotives especially in the mountains. 100 years ago they used 4-62 pacific trains and 4-6-4 Hudson locomotives which were used both for freight and passenger trains. 1929 was the year CPR got its hands on the first 2-10-4 Selkirk Steam Locomotive, the largest steam trains to run in Canada. In 1937 the Canadian Pacific Railway obtained its first diesel electric locomotive. In 1949 8x A and 4 x B Alco FA1 road locomotives were introduced along with 5 RS-2 road switchers. in 1948 after the war the Montreal locomotive Works started production of Alco diesel designs. CPR's trains are now built by General Motor Diesel, Montreal Locomotive Works and Canadian Locomotive Company. In 1995 Cp started to use GE Transport Systems AC traction locomotives in Canada. In 2004 CPR had 1,622 Locomotives and 507 of them were AC. Revelstoke Railway Museum
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