“The Soo Line was never a major carrier of passenger traffic,” says Wikipedia, “since its route between Chicago and Minneapolis was much longer than the competing Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road), Chicago and North Western Railway, … Continue reading
Canadian National Railways was created in 1918 to manage a group of failed or failing government-sponsored railroads including the Canadian Northern, Intercolonial, and National Transcontinental. In 1920, it inaugurated the Continental Limited, a transcontinental train from Montreal to Vancouver that … Continue reading
