Scenic-Dome Cars Through Scenic Canada

At first glance, this looks like Chesley Bonestell’s painting of the Canadian going around what would later be known as Morant’s curve after the Canadian Pacific photographer, Nicholas Morant. In fact, it appears this illustration precedes Bonestell’s and the Canadian itself. “Our picture visualizes the new Canadian Pacific all-stainless steel equipment soon to serve the scenic routes between Montreal and Vancouver and Toronto and Vancouver,” says the photo caption.

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The breakfast menu was used on the Dominion, CP’s premiere train before the introduction of the Canadian. The menu offers salmon fillets for the same prices as ham and eggs. Those were the days!


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