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	Grand Trunk Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Common during 19th century railway construction in British colonies, GTR built to a broad gauge (Provincial Gauge) of 5 feet, 6 inches (1676 mm), however this was changed to the standard gauge of 4 ft 8.5 in (1435 mm) by 1873 to facilitate interchange with U.S. railroads.
		As the dominant railway in British North America, GTR was reportedly asked by the federal government soon after Confederation to consider building a rail line to the Pacific coast at British Columbia (B.C.) but refused, forcing the government to enact legislation creating the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to meet B.C.'s conditions for joining Confederation.
		GTPR was nationalized on March 7 of that year, being operated under a federal government Board of Management until finally being placed under the control of the Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) on July 20, 1920.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway (1517 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Grand Trunk Railroad was a shortened name for Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a GTR subsidiaryoperating in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
		Common during 19th century railway construction in British colonies, GTR built to a broad gauge (Provincial Gauge) of 5 feet, 6 inches, however this was changed to the standardgauge of 4' 8.5" by 1873 to facilitate interchange with U.S. railroads.
		GTPR was nationalized on March 7 of that year, being operated under afederal government Board of Management until finally being placed under the control of the Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) on July 20, 1920.
	www.therfcc.org /grand-trunk-railway-101273.html (1142 words)

	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), the GTPR was constructed by GTR using loans provided by the Government of Canada.
		On July 12, 1920 the GTPR was placed under the management of Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) and in 1923 was completely absorbed into the CNR.
		The GTPR's high construction standards and the fact Yellowhead Pass has the lowest elevation of any railway crossing of the Continental Divide in North America gives the CN a competitive advantage in terms of fuel efficiency and the ability to haul tonnage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Railway (573 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
		The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) was a historical Canadian railway.
		The conceptual plan was to have GTR operate both GTPR and NTR as a single transcontinental railway, competing with the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
		The GTPR's high construction standards and the fact Yellowhead Pass has the lowest elevation out of any railway crossing of the Continental Divide in North America gives CN advantages in fuel savings and the ability to haul more tonnage than its competitors.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grand-Trunk-Pacific-Railway (794 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Grand Trunk Railroad was a shortened name for Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a GTR subsidiary operating in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
		Common during 19th century railway construction in British colonies, GTR built to a broad gauge (Provincial Gauge) of 5 feet, 6 inches, however this was changed to the standard gauge of 4' 8.5" by 1873 to facilitate interchange with U.S. railroads.
		As the dominant railway in British North America, GTR was reportedly asked by the federal government soon after Confederation to consider building a rail line to the Pacific coast at British Columbia (B.C.) but refused, forcing the government to enact legislation creating the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to placate B.C. concerns.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Grand_Trunk_Railway.html (1435 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
		Grand Trunk Railway of Canada was built to provide a main trunk line "throughout the entire length of the Province of Canada, and from the eastern frontier thereof...
		In 1853 it amalgamated with 5 other railway companies, a method of operating which was to characterize its major expansion periods and supplement the construction of new track.
		Completed in 1914, the railway was a financial disaster and was largely responsible for the bankruptcy of the GTR in 1919.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003380 (540 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Common during 19th century railway construction in British colonies GTR built to a broad (Provincial Gauge) of 5 feet 6 inches however this was changed to the gauge of 4' 8.5" by 1873 to facilitate interchange with U.S. railroads.
		As the dominant railway in British North America GTR was reportedly asked by the government soon after Confederation to consider building a rail line the Pacific coast at British Columbia (B.C.) but refused forcing the government enact legislation creating the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to placate B.C. concerns.
		GTPR was nationalized on March 7 of that year being operated under federal government Board of Management until finally being placed under the of the Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) on July 20 1920.
	www.freeglossary.com /Grand_Trunk_Railway (1306 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway 1907 - 1916
		Grand Trunk Railway was an early Canadian railway line, incorporated in 1852-53 to build a railway connecting the key cities of eastern Canada (the area now known as Ontario and Quebec) with the American seacoast city of Portland, Maine.
		As a result of the liabilities incurred by its Pacific subsidiary, the Grand Trunk Railway was nationalized and became part of the Canadian National Railways in the period 1919-23.
		The upper floor of the new structure is leased to the Grand Trunk Railway.
	www.scripophily.net /scripophily/grantrunrail.html (1181 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		The company was incorporated on November_10, 1852 to build a railway line between Montreal and Toronto, however the charter was soon extended east to Portland,_Maine and west to Sarnia,_Ontario.
		As the dominant railway in British_North_America, GTR was reportedly asked by the federal government soon after Confederation to consider building a rail line to the Pacific coast at British_Columbia (B.C.) but refused, forcing the government to enact legislation creating the Canadian_Pacific_Railway (CPR) to placate B.C. concerns.
		GTPR was nationalized on March_7 of that year, being operated under a federal government ''Board of Management'' until finally being placed under the control of the Crown_corporation Canadian_National_Railways (CNR) on July_20, 1920.
	www.indexsuche.com /Grand_Trunk_Railway.html (1066 words)

	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Theconceptual plan was to have GTR operate both GTPR and NTR as a single transcontinental railway, competing with the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
		On July 12, 1920 the GTPR was placed under the managementof Crown corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR) and in 1923 was completely absorbed into the CNR.
		The GTPR's high construction standards and the fact Yellowhead Pass has thelowest elevation out of any railway crossing of the ContinentalDivide in North America gives CN advantages in fuel savings and theability to haul more tonnage than its competitors.
	www.therfcc.org /grand-trunk-pacific-railway-209420.html (532 words)

	Grand Trunk Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
		Grand Trunk Western Railroad which operated in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
		Sadly, Canada's worst Railway accident based on loss of life happened on the GTR, occurring on June 28, 1864 when a passenger train operating between Levis and Montreal missed a signal for an open drawbridge on the Richelieu River, plunging onto a passing barge and killing 99 German immigrants.
	grand-trunk-railway.area51.ipupdater.com (1273 words)

	Hinton Parklander, Hinton, AB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Station was built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway to serve as the main rail centre between Edson and Jasper for most of the twentieth century.
		In the summer of 1911, the Grand Trunk built a station, coal box and tool house on the south side of the track, which was unusual given that the front of the building would have a northern exposure.
		Railway traffic increased when the Alberta Resources Railway was completed through Grande Cache and on to Grande Prairie in the late 1960's.
	www.hintonparklander.com /story.php?id=96328 (737 words)

	Grand trunk railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/grand_trunk_railway (188 words)

	Grand Trunk Western Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTWR, GT post-1960, AAR reporting mark GTW) is a U.S. railroad and primary subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN).
		After the GTR was absorbed into the Canadian National Railways (CNR) system in January, 1923, the GTWR became CNR's primary U.S. subsidiary and gave the company a strategic advantage with the direct connection to Chicago when compared to the route of its competitor Canadian Pacific Railway.
		The name "Grand Trunk" has not disappeared entirely as CN has continued to group its U.S. subsidiaries (Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, Grand Trunk Western, and Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific) under the "Grand Trunk Corporation" for legal or administrative purposes.
	grand-trunk-western-railroad.en.exsugo.org (334 words)

	Grand Trunk Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Incorporated in 1903, it was built to allow the Grand Trunk Railway to compete against the Canadian Pacific Railway for the profitable traffic that was developing in western Canada.
		The Grand Trunk Railway proposed to the Federal Governement that the railway should build a line from North Bay, Ontario to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and be granted a charter to expand into the west between Winnipeg and the Pacific coast.
		The Government did not favour this proposal as it was feared that the Grand Trunk would ship its western traffic down its line to Portland, Maine, instead of to the Canadian ports of Saint John, New Brunswick or Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /cnphoto/english/gtp3_ang.html (361 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Aware of these trends, and of the fact that the Grand Trunk was in position to be a connecting line from Chicago to the Atlantic Ocean, Hickson advised his directors in June 1876 to acquire independent access to Chicago by purchasing the Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad, a patchwork system that ran through Michigan.
		They initially supported government-subsidized construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was chartered in 1881, in the belief that a “collision of interests” could be avoided by making Lake Nipissing, Ont., the CPR’s eastern terminus, or at the very least by limiting the CPR east of that point to a single trunk line.
		On the eve of his resignation as general manager of the Grand Trunk he had written to Macdonald respecting the railway to which he had devoted much of his life without stint: “Results have been required which are impracticable.” It would have made a fitting epitaph.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40281&query=grand%20AND%20trunk (3089 words)

	History of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Incorporated in 1903, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was an offshoot of the Grand Trunk Railway charged with the mission to build a railroad that would span from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Prince Rupert, BC.
		Such a line would allow the Grand Trunk Railroad to compete against the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway for the lucrative traffic that was beginning to develop in western Canada.
		The Grand Trunk Pacific was forced into recievership in 1919, and was amalgamated into the Canadian National System by 1923.
	www.bookboat.com /history/gtp.htm (280 words)

	Industrial Hamilton -- A Trail to the Future - The Grand Trunk Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Grand Trunk Railway (G.T.R.) was officially opened between Sarnia, Ontario, and Portland, Maine, on November 21, 1859.
		Existing railways were not expansive enough, and canals were useless when they froze over in the winter.
		The first conception of this "grand trunk" railway would have stretched from Hamilton (and the Great Western Railway) to Montreal (where it would connect with the St.L.A.).
	collections.ic.gc.ca /industrial/grandtrunk.htm (711 words)

	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
		The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, which was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1903, has undertaken the construction and operation of a line across Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, of an estimated mileage of main line of 3,600 miles, in addition to several branch lines.
		With this unrivalled position, the new transcontinental railway will at once become an exclusive partner, and from the beginning will be placed in possession of an enormous general traffic, already created and originating on the Grand Trunk Railway system, but hitherto being carried into the North-West over other lines.
		Of the 1909 crop of the Canadian North-West grain, six millions of bushels were handled by the Grand Trunk Pacific to Portage la Prairie or Winnipeg for furtherance to the Lake ports.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32/canada-4.shtml (1193 words)

	Jasper National Park - History - The Early People
		As the Grand Trunk pushed its steel towards the Yellowhead summit a few outfitters from the Banff area decided to move to Jasper and establish their businesses their.
		Lucerne became an important terminal for the Grand Trunk with a depot, a coal tipple, a marshaling yard for freight cars, two round houses, two stores, a school, a doctors office, pool hall, saloons, barbers, bunkhouses and restaurants.
		In 1912 F. Rattenbury was contacted as an architect by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway to produce the plans for Chateau Mt. Robson (which would have been located in the vicinity of the present viewpoint) to cater to the expected influx of visitors to the area.
	www.canadianrockies.net /jasper/early.html (2084 words)

	Information about Canada FDC: 37¢ Grand Trunk Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first railway in Canada -- the Champlain and St. Lawrence -- was established on July 21, 1836 as a portage railway linking the St. Lawrence River opposite Montreal with the Champlain River at St. Johns.
		This railway was adopted in 1856 by the Grand Trunk Railway, an English-owned line which was conceived as a main line linking Upper and Lower Canada.
		A subsidiary of the Grand Trunk stretched west from Winnipeg to the Pacific port of Prince Rupert in 1915, becoming the Grand Trunk Pacific.
	www.unicover.com /EA4NA0M1.htm (435 words)

	Dates in Canadian Railway History
		Arnum was night operator for the Grand Trunk at the time and is the only one of the 38 railway witnesses who gave evidence at the inquiry in New Yirk City, still living.
		The railway lay idle from late 1910 until July 25, 1911 when it was bought by the Canadian Northern Railway as part of its new Montreal to Ottawa line.
		Because of the high cost, the Grand Trunk refused to lease the line which was operated from May 1, 1915 as a component of the Canadian Government Railways until the formation of the Canadian National System.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm (10498 words)

	Jasper National Park - History - The Railway Survey Era
		He surveyed the pass for the possibility of a railway, wagon road and telegraph line going through to connect the new colonies in British Columbia with the rest of Canada.
		The possibility of a railway through the Yellowhead spurred further interest, but it wasn't until 1871 that the next railway survey began.
		The survey for the railroad proceeded along the north side of the pass as the bluffs were not as steep as those on the south side.
	www.canadianrockies.net /railway.html (719 words)

	Vanishing B.C. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations
		I have fond memories of living in that Grand Trunk station, which by the way was still there in 1988 and may still be.
		The last Grand Trunk station we lived in (just after we left Dunster) was at Amsbury, just out of Terrace, B.C. We left there in 1963, when the CN had their big station shutdown.
		The modest, ramshackle Canadian National Railway station on the Prince Rupert waterfront was in fact the terminus of a vast national railway network, the Grand Trunk Railway--the third of the federally chartered Canadian transcontinental railway systems from the a century ago.
	www.michaelkluckner.com /bciw10gtp.html (857 words)

	Historical Railroads in Canada - Abandoned Railroads
		Like many modern corporations, Canadian National Railways was the result of the merging of a large number of smaller and older companies whose operations were combined over the years to form a more complex transportation system.
		The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada was proposed in 1851 as the main trunk line through the United Province of Canada.
		The Oshawa Railway Company was born in 1895, and effectively died on May 2, 1964 when the line was 100% dieselized by the CNR.
	www.railscanada.com /history.shtml (568 words)

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