Canadian Pacific meets Arthur Stillwells Railroad and becomes CPKC

[samfp1943]

s most reader's here, are aware, The KCS is now part of the much larger system; now officially , Canadian Pacific Kansas City RR. It's histories combining, to make possibly,  afirstn Transcontinental to link four compas points(?)  on one Continent.

Migth be said now that[; Canadian Bacon, meets Boudin, Bar- B-Que, while finishing its meal with Mexican Tequilla.....   What a way to run a railroad.

[Gramp]

How close is it to being a longer north-south railroad than an east-west one?

[samfp1943]

Gramp

How close is it to being a longer north-south railroad than an east-west one?

 

 

The line as was originally, laid out, and constructed; pre-1900 was, at 789 mi.

 

Post 1900, and later opnb in the 20th Century; additions were made by aclquiruining the Louisiana and Arkansas RR,  The Shreveport to Dallas line.  Then in conjunction with NS came the Meridian Speedway , and thgen the Mid-South RR; giving itnaccess acros Mississipopoi and into the area of Middle Tennessee. After that  The connection acrosssouthern Texas to access its 'Mexician franchise'.

 

Therecent additions seemnto add up to a trackage of a possible in excessn of 3000 miles(?).  

 

For approx 50 years,KCS operated passenger service between  Kansas City and NOLA; Its' namedktrain was "The Crow"  and more recently, "The Southern Belle". It is the red,black and yellow scheme, currently, on its Business  Train, and diesel fleet.

[BaltACD]

Canada needs to recall its smoke back home.