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- Imperial_Limited abstract "The Imperial Limited was the Canadian Pacific Railway's premier passenger train across Canada between Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. It began operation June 18, 1899, seven days a week as a seasonal service supplementing the six days per week eastward Atlantic Express and its westward counterpart, the Pacific Express. It catered to travellers wanting to see the scenic Rocky Mountains and to vacation there. It was these well-to-do people that Sir William Cornelius Van Horne sought to attract in ever-increasing numbers, to travel to Canada, many on Canadian Pacific's ocean ships, then on Canadian Pacific's trains and to stay in Canadian Pacific's chalets at Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise. His famous quote was: "Since we can¹t export the scenery, we will have to import the tourists". And import them he did! In ever greater numbers. Equipped with luxurious sleeping and dining cars it continued the emphasis on comfort that the CPR had offered travellers from the beginning in 1886. It went to year round service in June 1911 at which time it replaced the original trains, Atlantic Express and Pacific Express. In 1929 it was renamed simply Imperial due to the introduction of the seasonal Trans-Canada Limited which featured new steel equipment. The Trans-Canada Limited was doomed by the Great Depression which struck after only one season. It operated one more season in 1930 and was discontinued, its equipment redistributed or stored. In the 1931 and 1932 summer season two trains were operated — The Imperial for Montreal-Vancouver service and The Dominion for Toronto-Vancouver. The name Imperial was eliminated effective June 25, 1933 at which time The Dominion became the premier train. A numbered train continued in the Imperial's absence, lasting until April 28, 1956 at which time the loss of the Royal Mail contract ended the service. The depression was ended by the coming of World War II, a time at which luxury train travel was not vital and many first class cars were stored or modified for wartime needs. After the war, new equipment was essential to replace an over-worked fleet. A new material was now available instead of the heavy steel that had in use for decades. Stainless steel, fashioned in a streamlined manner to appeal to the public and outfitted in the best tradition of CPR care for its customers. This new equipment would be hauled by diesel locomotives, not the tried-and-true steam locomotives that had been at the head of the CPR's passenger trains since the beginning. Diesels had already begun handling The Dominion between Calgary, Alberta and Revelstoke, British Columbia in 1952.April 24, 1955 saw the introduction of The Canadian as the flagship train between Montreal and Vancouver along with a Toronto-Sudbury section with through sleeping cars. At this time The Dominion became a secondary service between those points.The Canadian continued until the takeover of CPR passenger train operations by Via Rail in October 1978, when the train was renamed simply Canadian, and it was re-routed, mostly over the Canadian National Railway and service continues to this day.".
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- Imperial_Limited wikiPageRevisionID "621992091".
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Banff_Springs_Hotel.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Calgary.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Calgary,_Alberta.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_(train).
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_National_Railway.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_Pacific_Railway_passenger_trains.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Category:Named_passenger_trains_of_Canada.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Category:Railway_services_discontinued_in_1933.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Category:Railway_services_introduced_in_1899.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Chalet.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Chateau_Lake_Louise.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Diesel_locomotive.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Great_Depression.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Inter-city_rail.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Montreal.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Montreal,_Quebec.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Revelstoke,_British_Columbia.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Rocky_Mountains.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Steam_locomotive.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink The_Canadian.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink The_Dominion_(passenger_train).
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink The_Dominion_(train).
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Trans-Canada_Limited.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver,_British_Columbia.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink Via_Rail.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink William_Cornelius_Van_Horne.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLinkText "Imperial Limited".
- Imperial_Limited wikiPageWikiLinkText "Imperial".
- Imperial_Limited boxWidth "30".
- Imperial_Limited caption "Imperial Limited".
- Imperial_Limited end Vancouver.
- Imperial_Limited first "1899-06-18".
- Imperial_Limited formeroperator Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Imperial_Limited frequency "7".
- Imperial_Limited hasPhotoCollection Imperial_Limited.
- Imperial_Limited last "1933-06-25".
- Imperial_Limited locale Canada.
- Imperial_Limited name "Imperial Limited".
- Imperial_Limited owners Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Imperial_Limited start Montreal.
- Imperial_Limited status "discontinued".
- Imperial_Limited successor "The Dominion & The Canadian".
- Imperial_Limited type Inter-city_rail.
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- Imperial_Limited wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_rail_service.
- Imperial_Limited subject Category:Canadian_Pacific_Railway_passenger_trains.
- Imperial_Limited subject Category:Named_passenger_trains_of_Canada.
- Imperial_Limited subject Category:Railway_services_discontinued_in_1933.
- Imperial_Limited subject Category:Railway_services_introduced_in_1899.
- Imperial_Limited hypernym Train.
- Imperial_Limited type Train.
- Imperial_Limited type Service.
- Imperial_Limited type Train.
- Imperial_Limited comment "The Imperial Limited was the Canadian Pacific Railway's premier passenger train across Canada between Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. It began operation June 18, 1899, seven days a week as a seasonal service supplementing the six days per week eastward Atlantic Express and its westward counterpart, the Pacific Express. It catered to travellers wanting to see the scenic Rocky Mountains and to vacation there.".
- Imperial_Limited label "Imperial Limited".
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- Imperial_Limited sameAs Q6006739.
- Imperial_Limited sameAs Q6006739.
- Imperial_Limited wasDerivedFrom Imperial_Limited?oldid=621992091.
- Imperial_Limited depiction Imperial_Limited,_Canadian_Pacific_Railway_(Howden,_Boys_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpg.
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