Re: Train travel times Montreal to Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver circa 1910

  • From: "isambard52000" <rtnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:54:29 -0000

--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "W. A. (Dale) Wilson" <dale.wilson@...> wrote:



On 30-Jul-09, at 7:18 PM, isambard52000 wrote:

What were approximate travel times (hours/days)from Montreal to
Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver around 1910, via CPR of course.




According to the June, 1908 CPR public timetable, times went as
follows for the Imperial Limited:

Leave Montreal 10:10 a.m. Monday
Arrive Winnipeg 9:45 a.m. Wednesday
Arrive Calgary 3:55 p.m. Thursday
Arrive Vancouver 8:15 p.m. Friday





Dale Wilson  <dale.wilson@...>
Nickel Belt Rails, Box 483, Station "B", Sudbury, ON, P3E 4P6






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Thanks Dale. Canadian high speed rail in 1908! Nothing much has changed.  :)
Isambard



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