HAMILTON, ON, Aug. 2, 2017 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific
invites local media to attend the CP Canada 150 Train community
event.
What: CP Canada 150 Train event
When: August 9, 2017 – 5-8 p.m., event starts at 6
Where: Gage Park, 1000 Main Street East
Full event details, including on site activities, available at
http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/canada-150/hamilton. Please add this
event to your community events calendar.
Media is encouraged to share our Facebook event
(https://www.facebook.com/events/1657504037633263/) and engage on
social media @CanadianPacific using #ConnectingCanada.
Please send requests to speak to a CP spokesperson to
Alert_MediaRelations@cpr.ca. Only prearranged interviews with
artists are available due to time constraints. The train will
arrive prior to the event start time and depart thereafter. Media
should be prepared to gather all footage during the event.
Facts about CP in Hamilton
- In an effort to gain access to the lucrative southern
Ontario markets and a US gateway
through Buffalo, Canadian Pacific Railway bought a 27 percent
interest in the Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo (TH&B) in 1895.
CPR acquired the remaining TH&B shares in 1977 from the
Consolidated Rail Corporation.
- Hamilton-born Raymond Lewis, the first Canadian-born black
athlete to hit the podium at the Olympic Games, first worked as a
porter for CPR back in the 1920s and 30s. He won a bronze medal
with the men's 4×400-metre relay team at the 1932 Olympics and a
silver medal at the 1934 British Empire Games.
- Today, CP employs approximately 30 people in Hamilton.
- Hamilton is the largest active
port on Lake Ontario serviced by
rail.
- Hamilton is in a valley on the
Niagara escarpment, with major grades to the north and south. The
grade to the north is the second steepest mountain grade on CP's
network (including the Rockies) and is six miles long from
Waterdown to Hamilton.
SOURCE Canadian Pacific