The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) was founded in 1881. It has its headquarters in Calgary, Alberta and it owns approximately 20 100 kilometres of track both in Canada and in the US. it was Canada's first transcontinental railway. Primarily a freight railway, CP Rail was for decades the only practical means of long-distance passenger transport in most regions of Canada, and was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. CP Rail became one of the largest and most powerful companies in Canada, a position it held still until 1975. Its primary passenger services were transferred to Via Rail Canada in 1978.

Canadian Pacific 7020 is a switcher type locomotive, (class DS10-b, serial 72855), built in 1944. The locomotive was donated by CP Rail to the City of Toronto in 1986 for a planned museum in Roundhouse Park. Today it is a part of the exhibition at the Toronto railway museum.
Picture from the Toronto railway museum 2.7.2014 by Ilkka Siissalo.

Canadian Pacific Cab Control Daughter Unit 1126, a de-engined General Motors GP35 locomotive, which takes power for its traction motors from a GP38 mother unit. Unlike many "slugs" it also has an extra driving cab. It is seen here at Calgary, Alberta on 28 June 1997.
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A 1200hp Canadian Pacific SW9u no.1203, built by General Motors in 1953 and later rebuilt by CP in 1983 with a more powerful engine, seen here in Edmonton, Alberta on 24 June 1997.
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A 1200hp Canadian Pacific SW1200RSu, built by General Motors in 1958 and rebuilt by CP in 1985, seen here in Hantsport, Nova Scotia on 18 August 1990.
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1750hp Canadian Pacific GP9us 1563 and 1652, built by General Motors in 1955 and 1958 and rebuilt by CP in 1983 and 1987, seen here at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 26 June 1997.
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A 2000hp Canadian Pacific GP38AC 3001, built by General Motors in London, Ontario in 1970, seen here switching at the feed mill at Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia on 6 June 1997.
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The control stand of CP Rail GP38-2 no.3082 in June 1997. The red handle is the train brake and below is the loco brake. On the right are the dynamic brake (upper), throttle (middle) and reverser (lower) black levers.
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A line-up of General Motors locomotives owned by Canadian Pacific at Red Deer, Alberta on 16 June 1995. GP38-2 3132; GP9u 1536; GP38-2 3086; GP35 5004 and GP38-2s 3050 and 3084.
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CP Rail Alco/MLWs at Saint John, New Brunswick on 15 September 1989. 4222 is a 2400hp C424 built in Montreal, Canada in 1965 and 1842 is a 1800hp RS18u built in 1958 and rebuilt by CP in 1987.
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CP Rail Alco/MLWs at Saint John, New Brunswick on 15 September 1989. 4705 & 4718 are M636s derated from 3600hp to 3300hp and built in 1969-70 whilst 8019 and 8032 are 1000hp RS23 switchers built in 1959-60.
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CP Rail General Motors units at Huntingdon, BC on 29 May 1995. 5010 is a GP35 buit in 1964, the next two units are leased from Helm - HATX 519 is a GP40 and 516 is a GP40-2 while the last unit is another GP35.
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CP Rail General Motors 3000hp SD40-2 5481 with a high nose built in 1975 for the Southern Railroad. It is seen here at Red Deer, Alberta on 18 June 1997, painted in the "dual-flag" livery. Its windows are covered because it can only be used as a trailing unit. Note dynamic brake bulge and fans above text CP Rail.
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CP Rail General Motors 3000hp SD40M-2 5493 built as an SD45 for Denver and Rio Grande Western and rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in 1995 (SD45 flared radiators are retained). It is seen at Red Deer, Alberta on 18 June 1997 painted in the "dual-flag" livery.
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Four Canadian Pacific GM SD40-2 locos with dynamic brakes (5866 built by GM in 1984) on a westbound loaded potash train at Field, British Columbia, 9 May 1993. The train has just descended through the famous Spiral Tunnels.
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CP Rail General Motors 3000hp SD40-2 5933 built in 1979 and SD40 5556 built in 1967 are seen wailing in a siding near Brooks, Alberta on 27 June 1997 with a ballast train. Both have dynamic brakes.
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Non-turbocharged 660hp Canadian Pacific S11 6619, built by Montreal Locomotive Works to Alco designs in 1959, seen here at Alberta Railroad Museum Edmonton, Alberta on 28 May 1993.
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Four SD40-2s (CP/SOO 780, SOO 763, CP 5766 and 5971 head a westbound grain train near Gleischen, Alberta in 28 June 1997. Note the older SOO livery which was then replaced by the CP Rail System livery - then subsequently with Canadian Pacific Railway gold crest.
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1200hp General Motors SW1200RS switchers owned by Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) - 8138 & 1273 were built in 1959 but 1273 was upgraded/rebuilt in 1985. They are seen here at Hantsport, Nova Scotia on 18 August 1990.
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1750hp General Motors GP9m road switcher owned by Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) - 8203 was built in 1955, rebuilt in 1978 with an extension to the rear of the body. It is seen here at Golden, British Columbia on 19 August 1991.
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1750hp General Motors GP9m road switcher owned by Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) - 8204 was built in 1954-55 and rebuilt in 1988 without the extension to the rear of the body. It is seen here at Revelstoke, British Columbia on 19 August 1991.
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Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) 3000hp General Motors SD40-2F and leased GATX SD40-2 7359 with a southbound freight enter Red Deer, Alberta on a stormy 16 June 1997. 9023 is a full carbody version of the SD40-2 and was built at London, Ontario in 1988.
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Newly built by General Electric in the US, Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) 4400hp AC4400 9556 is being fueled at Calgary, Alberta on 15 June 1997. This series of locomotives are the first ones to operate in Canada with AC traction motors, all others have DC traction motors.
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SOO line is the primary United States railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (MStP&SSM), which was commonly known as the Soo Line after the phonetic spelling of Sault. It was formed in 1961 by the consolidation of that company with two other CP subsidiaries. The company's main line begins at Portal, North Dakota, on the Canada–U.S. border, and extends southeast along former MStP&SSM trackage to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis–Saint Paul). Ex-Milwaukee Road trackage takes the Soo Line from the Twin Cities to Chicago via Milwaukee. Between Chicago and Detroit, where the CP-owned Detroit River Tunnel connects back into Canada, the Soo Line has trackage rights over the Norfolk Southern Railway and haulage rights over CSX Transportation. Major branches include a connection from the border at Noyes, Minnesota, to Glenwood.

This SOO machine is a 1750 hp GP9R 4202 (built by General Motors in the US for the New York Central and rebuilt by CP in Montreal in 1991) seen here shunting at Alyth yards, Calgary, Alberta on 15 June 1997.
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SOO's 3800hp SD60 no.6033 built by General Motors in the US in 1989 seen here at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on 26 June 1997. Note the orange strobe light (required in the US) and no bell above the cab windows.
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General Motors locomotives come in all colours! Soo SD60 6050 in maroon, GATX SD40-2 7365 in blue & white (on lease), CP SD40-2 6010 in red & white and HATX GP38 111 in yellow and orange (on lease) at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on 26 June 1997.
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SOO (CP subsidiary) 3800hp SD60M 6060 built by General Motors in the US in 1989 with wide cab together with a leased Norfolk Southern high-nosed SD40 3196 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 26 June 1997. Note the orange strobe light (required in the US) and no bell above the cab windows (CP 5666 in the background has a bell above the cab windows).
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