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Volume 15, Number 12
Sept. 11, 1985
Craigellachie.
..revisited
Politicians, business leaders and public attend re-enactment
By PATRICK FINN
CRAIGELLACHIE, B.C. - All
eyes turned skyward as the crowd
watching the re-enactment of the
Driving of the Last Spike heard the
chop-chop sound of an approaching,
low-flying helicopter.
It was the signal for them to switch
from their roles as spectators of a
historic event and become participants. They applauded, cheered
and waved their small Canadian flags
at a photographer leaning from the
chopper.
Some wiped away a tear or two. It
had been an emotional experience —
a ceremony with a special meaning for
all Canadians, and CP Rail employees
in particular.
The crowd, estimated at about
1,500, had just watched members of
the Revelstoke Little Theatre Company act out in costume the ceremony
recorded in the famous 'Last Spike'
photos of Nov. 7, 1885.
PAGEANT
At the end, the narrator had instructed everybody present —
parents, children, officials and guests
— to wave their flags at the helicopter
to add a spectacular dimension to the
aerial photos of the pageant.
Of course, there were no helicopters
100 years ago. But just as the original
photographer made use of up-to-date
camera equipment to record the event
in 1885, his modern counterparts
made use of the latest transport and
photo technology to record the re-
enactment for the coming century.
The re-enactment, scheduled to go
ahead rain or shine, began shortly
after an on-and-off rain storm. There
New two-way service begins
By RALPH WILSON
MONTREAL - CP Rail and the
Soo/Milwaukee System have reached
an agreement with the Chessie
System Railroads to provide a new
and rapid through-train service directly linking Eastern Canadian shippers
with the midwestern United States.
The two-way daily freight service —
trains 500 and 501 — will be known
as "Rail Runner" and will cut the
previous transit time in half between
Montreal and Chicago.
The service operates from Montreal, through Toronto, crosses into
the United States at Windsor/Detroit
and uses a new link via the Chessie
System Railroads on to Chicago.
'The bottom line is better service,"
said R.S. Allison, president, CP Rail.
'The important advantage to Canadian rail customers is that now they'll
have a direct link between Montreal/Toronto and Chicago as well as
improved access to other midwestern
Soo-Milwaukee points."
Rail Runner means a more efficient
routing system for freight handled between the central U.S., and Eastern
Canada. Much of this freight has been
handled through Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont., for interchange between CP Rail
and the Soo/Milwaukee System.
SHORTER
The new route reduces the distance
travelled from Montreal to Chicago by
435 kilometres.
Soo/Milwaukee President Dennis
Cavanaugh said U.S., customers also
stand to benefit from Rail Runner.
'The new service means that U.S.,
shippers will have improved access to
Canadian markets because the system
works both ways. Chessie's cooperation with CP Rail and
Soo/Milwaukee has provided just such
a system," he said.
BENEFITS
Chessie System President John
Snow sees the new agreement with
the CP Rail/Soo Milwaukee System as
a major step in developing more efficient transborder freight movements.
"Shippers on both sides of the
border stand to benefit substantially.
We're demonstrating how railroads
can co-operate to provide productive
and cost-effective use of plant and
equipment," Mr. Snow said.
were occasional sunny moments,
which may not have been historically
correct (the original ceremony took
place on a misty morning), but they
added to the cheerfulness of the
occasion.
FANFARES
More than 100 special guests from
Canada's political, historical and
business communities attended. The
37-member concert band of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police provided
fanfares for the ceremony and musical
entertainment before and after the
show.
The re-enactment not only brought
to life the characters in the original
Last Spike photo, but focussed attention on the historic significance of the
linking of the East and West through
the completion of the transcontinen
tal line of the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
As Transport Minister Donald
Mazankowski put it: "The ribbon of
steel brought us together as a nation
and as a people. It gave meaning and
substance to the word 'Canada'."
Looking to the future, Mr.
Mazankowski said that Canada again
will count on its transportation system
and its railways to provide the leadership, innovation and excellence that
helped build the country.
"The challenges are different,
although in their own way no less formidable," he said. "To meet those
challenges will require the same un-
daunting spirit and enterprise that
brought our forefathers to this spot."
The re-enactment attracted considerable media attention, with
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Toby Creek spans replaced
By MORRIE ZAITLIN
WINDERMERE, B.C. - A project
involving the replacement of a pile
trestle by three 13-metre steel bridge
spans over Toby Creek is underway
on CP Rail's Windermere subdivision
just north of here.
Work on the $700,000 project
began in May and is scheduled for
completion by late October.
The Windermere subdivision is a
key 229-kilometre section of trackage
running north-south, linking the
southeast Kootenays with CP Rail's
main line at Golden. Trains carrying
export coal, lead, zinc and forest products follow this route.
The new bridge is being constructed below the existing trestle, using temporary 'bents', or support
structures, to hold up the track while
work is carried out. This allows train
movements to continue without
disruption.
The atmospheric corrosion-resistant
steel for the bridge was supplied by
Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., from its
Toronto fabricating plant. Operation Lifesaver campaign
launched on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill served as the visual point recently for
Operation Lifesaver's launch of a new
national billboard program designed to
alert motorists of the dangers at
railway crossings.
Benoit Bouchard, former Minister
of State for Transport, officially
unveiled a striking red, white and
black billboard, with a graphic depiction of a close call between a car and
a diesel locomotive at a level crossing.
This national billboard campaign
also marked Operation Lifesaver's
latest effort to promote public
awareness across Canada.
FUNDING
The billboards will be posted at
more than 200 selected sites at a cost
of $200,000.
The program is funded by
Transport Canada and the Railway
Association of Canada in co-operation
with the Canada Safety Council and
the Canadian Transport Commission's
Railway Transport Committee.
"The money allocated for this project will go a long way to remind the
motorist to slow down and be aware
of the possible dangers lurking at level
crossings," Mr. Bouchard said. "Any
effort to raise motorists' awareness of
these dangers reinforces Transport
Canada's goal to make level crossings
as safe as possible."
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On the Hill: Operation Lifesaver's national billboard program was officially unveiled in Ottawa recently by Benoit
Bouchard, former Minister of State for Transport.
Alberta firms build Olympic Centre
By CHARLES GORDON
CALGARY - More than 20
Calgary and Edmonton-based companies are taking an active hand in the
construction of the Calgary Olympic
Centre, scheduled for completion late
this year.
The $5 million public exhibition and
meeting facility, located on the second
level of the Palliser Square mall, is being designed, constructed and donated
to the Olympic Games Organizing
Committee by the Canadian Pacific
group of companies.
The participating companies are:
Canadian Pacific Limited, Canadian
TRIVIRAIL
By RALPH WILSON
Well, dear readers, it's Who-Am-I time again. This issue's TRIVIRAIL
column honors one of Canadian Pacific's true giants. Without giving too
much away, it can safely be said that this person was a strong guiding
force to all the members of the Canadian Pacific family.
Here's how the Who-Am-I is scored. If you name our mystery guest
after one clue, you score 10 points; after the second clue, you score nine
points, and so on until the last clue, which scores one point. A tip of
the engineer's cap this issue goes out to Doug Younger, assistant
engineer, track, Windsor Station, for suggesting the column's topic. He'll
receive a small gift as a token of the kindly quizmaster's gratitude.
Don't forget, you too can be a guest TRIVIRAIL columnist. Send your
quiz questions, answers and sources to TRIVIRAIL, c/o Ralph Wilson,
Room 148, Windsor Station.
(1) I was born 81 years ago about 28 rail miles east of the location
where the Last Spike was driven.
(2) My father, Thomas H., was at one time a superintendent on the
Kettle Valley Division.
(3) I joined Canadian Pacific 65 years ago in the motive power
department.
(4) I hold two honorary titles: Companion of the Order of Canada (1971)
and Knight of Grace from the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1956).
(5) I'm a member of Calgary's Ranchman's Club.
(6) Although I don't use this full designation, after my name I could
add: CC, M.E., D.Eng., D.Sc, LL.D, D.C.L.
(7) I was appointed assistant to the vice-president, Canadian Pacific,
on May 11, 1942.
(8) I was elected vice-president and director of the company in 1949,
president in 1955, chairman of the board and chief executive officer in
1961, and retired in 1972.
(9) Some of my most important contributions to Canadian Pacific were
heading the team responsible for repatriation of majority ownership to
Canada; further extending diversification, particularly into natural
resources; and dieselization of the railway.
(10) Most people know me as "Buck."
Solution page 7
Pacific Enterprises Limited, CP Rail,
PanCanadian Petroleum, Fording
Coal, Marathon Realty, CP Air, CP
Hotels, CP Trucks, Cominco and
Maple Leaf Mills.
Following approval of the project
last February by OCO 88, Canadian
Pacific has completed all design work
and construction is now well
underway.
"The Olympic Centre will fulfill a
crucial need for us," said Jerry Joynt,
senior vice-president communications
for OCO 88. "It will be the central
meeting place where the public can
come, without charge, to be entertained and to learn more about all aspects
of the Olympic Winter Games."
"We deliberately selected Alberta
companies for this project because we
believe it is important that all Alber-
tans be given the opportunity to play
a direct role in preparing for the 1988
Winter Olympics," said Robert W.
Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer of Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Enterprises.
In Germany: Visiting the Deutches Bundesbahn's (DB) Maschen Terminal
near Hamburg are: (from left) Horst Hebeler, technical director of Eckelmann
- Eurokai-Group; Hans Pasold of the DB; Mr. Allison; Alastair Vartan, CP Rail
European managing director and Bill Ryan, assistant vice-president, sales.
CP Rail interests Europe
By ALAN OWENS
LONDON, England - CP Rail
President R.S. Allison made a seven-
country trip to Europe this summer,
meeting a wide spectrum of the continent's shipping and transport
community.
Mr. Allison, accompanied by Bill
Ryan, assistant vice-president, sales,
hosted trade receptions in London,
Hamburg and Paris.
LLOYD'S LIST
During his visit, Mr. Allison was interviewed by London's Financial
Times newspaper as well as the international shipping journal, Lloyd's List,
about the present and future of CP
Rail.
British Rail's HS 125 passenger express and in France rode the TGV
high speed train — in both cases from
the locomotive engineer's view of the
cab.
HAMBURG
In Germany, Mr. Allison was shown
the Deutsche Bundesbahn's (German
National Railway's) computer-
controlled marshalling yard at
Maschen Terminal on the outskirts of
Hamburg.
"Mr. Allison's visit was very well
received," said Alastair Vartan, CP
Rail's European managing director.
"Throughout Europe those he met
were obviously pleased to hear firsthand of CP Rail's achievements and
future plans and to exchange views on
In Britain, Mr. Allison tried out railway technology.'
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It's been a good Summer: John Koskoski thought it was a hoax.
But, the 56-year-old Lethbridge yard master discovered that the telephone call
informing him that he had won a trip to Expo 86 in Vancouver was legitimate.
"I thought he would jump through the roof," laughs Mary Jean, John's wife.
It has been 20 years since the Koskoski family was in Vancouver, and naturally
they are excited about the trip. In fact, it has been an exciting summer for them,
since both of their children are being married.
John is a 40 year veteran with CP Rail, starting as call boy when he was 15.
He has seen four different yard offices during his career, which has all been
spent in Lethbridge.
"This is definitely the biggest thing we've ever won," says John.
Western work projects
WINNIPEG - An 18-man CP Rail
work crew has begun resurfacing
operations between Winnipeg and
Emerson, Man.
The workmen are adding new
ballast and packing it. The work crew
began at Winnipeg and will continue
102 kilometres to Emerson.
SASKATOON - A 75-man CP
Rail ballast crew is carrying out major rail line improvement work in the
Saskatoon area, putting fresh crushed rock ballast under the rails on a
56-kilometre stretch of line between
King and Lanigan and between
Blucher and Sutherland.
The ballast for the $1.7 million project is being hauled from McKague,
about 214 kilometres northeast of the
work site.
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - CP Rail
crews in Southern Alberta are busy
with various rail improvement
projects.
A 65-man gang is placing fresh
crushed rock ballast on 72 kilometres
of track on the Taber subdivision.
This $4.6 million project started at
Lethbridge in early August, and will
finish near Fincastle in early October.
BOW ISLAND
In another project, an 80-man steel
gang is laying 22-metre-long welded
rail on 35 kilometres of track in the
Bow Island area.
The Lomond subdivision between
Eltham and Milo is the site of another
project as crews replace ties on a
grain-dependent branch line project
funded by the federal government.
Michel Spenard
Editorial assistant,
Lise Baillargeon
Corresponden ts,
Jane Mudry, Vancouver
Tana Speerbrecker, Rogers Pass
Dennis Lanthier, Calgary
Ken Emmond, Winnipeg
Timothy R. Humphreys, Toronto
Manager, Employee Publications
Ron Grant
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CPRail B Centennial date marks tragedy on Great Lakes
By DAVE JONES
On Nov. 7, 1885, the last spike was
driven at Craigellachie, B.C., and,
ironically, on the same day that
nature's challenges had been met and
overcome in the West, the vessel
Algoma' was lost, a victim of wind
and ice on Lake Superior.
The Algoma was one of three
modern steel Great Lakes steamships
launched in the summer of 1883 to
provide passenger service between
Owen Sound and Port Arthur (now
Thunder Bay) Ont., linking Montreal
with Winnipeg and the West.
These ships also provided cargo
space for the vitally-needed supplies
for the construction of the railway
along the North Shore of Lake
Superior.
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