MONTREAL, Aug. 7, 2017 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific
invites local media to attend the CP Canada 150 Train community
event.
What: CP Canada 150 Train
event
When: August 13, 2017 – 3-6
p.m., event starts at 4
p.m.
Where: Old Port of
Montreal, St-Pierre
Square
Full event details, including on site activities,
available at http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/canada-150/montreal.
Please add this event to your community events calendar.
Media is encouraged to share our Facebook event
(https://www.facebook.com/events/1299000230220858/)
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 this city
- With the lease of the Ontario & Quebec Railway in 1884 (which
held the leases for the Toronto,
Grey & Bruce Railway as well as for the Credit Valley Railway),
the CPR gained access to the burgeoning Toronto market in addition to a large
territory in southern Ontario.
- In 1913, the Canadian Pacific Building on the corner of
Yonge and King Streets opened in what was then Toronto's financial district. The
Edwardian-style 15-storey skyscraper – then the tallest in the
British Empire - was a dramatic change from CPR's Chateau-style of
architecture.
- First opened in April 1964,
CP's Agincourt Yard near Toronto
is one of CP's busiest rail yards.
- Ever visited Roundhouse Park, the Steam Whistle Brewery
or Toronto Railway Museum? These are all located at the John Street
Roundhouse which was opened by CPR in 1931. It remained in
operation for more than 50 years and was then donated to the
City of Toronto.
- Today, CP employees more than 1,200 employees in the
Greater Toronto Area - the hub of
its eastern Canadian operations.
SOURCE Canadian Pacific