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  • Discussion relating to the past and present operations of CPR. Official web site can be found here: CPR.CA. Includes Kansas City Southern.
Discussion relating to the past and present operations of CPR. Official web site can be found here: CPR.CA. Includes Kansas City Southern.

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 #883473  by SantaFe5811
 
"......Its creation follows earlier efforts to merge with CN in the east and to acquire CN's eastern operations......"
—Canadian Pacific Railway, November 21, 1995, http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/stlh.htm


Ummm, have I been sleeping under a rock? CP taking over parts of the CN network?! Is this anything to do with the privatisation which occurred around this time.

Moderator's note: New topic formed from the post under CP Paint Schemes.
 #883681  by Ken V
 
I can't comment on where you may have been sleeping, but times were quite rough for Canadian railways in the east at that time, around 15 years ago. This followed a number of regulatory changes for the railways and the major players were looking at all sorts of options to cut their losses back then.