Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 8, 2009

A passenger train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) heading eastbound toward Calgary circa 1973. On April 1, 1978, Canadian National Railway's (CN) passenger subsidiary Via Rail became a separate Crown corporation, taking with it possession of former CN passenger cars and locomotives. Following several months of negotiation, on October 29, 1978, Via took over operation of CP passenger train services, along with similar possession of cars and locomotives.