Pacific railway

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the transcontinental railway completed in 1885 and later known as the Canadian Pacific Railway, linking eastern Canada with the Pacific Coast.

Quotations

1859

He alluded to the Pacific Railway, and believed that it was more likely to be built within 15 years than was the Grand Trunk railway 10 years ago.

1883

Many persons still doubt that this will be the permanent terminus of the Pacific Railway.

1963

It was known . . . that Canada proposed a Pacific railway. . . .