DCHP-3

Canadian train

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1905 quote.

Quotations

1833
It is expedient to petition the Legislature at their next ensuing Session, to pass such laws as may be effectual to prevent the using of the Canadian train, as at present constructed, in the public highways.
1905
From Montreal westward goods were conveyed by what were termed "Canadian trains," being composed of a number of short sleighs with long runners, each drawn by one or two Canadian ponies.