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It's not mentioned in the press release, but the beaver has a name: Cornelius.  This was the middle name of William Cornelius VanHorne, who was the driving force in building the CP out to British Columbia, and then stretching the route across the "shield" of Ontario to reach the Eastern cities of Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. 

Speaking of Canada and beavers, I am watching the show Gold Rush. The guys mining in Colorado have beavers block the culvert for the stream they divert to fill their wash pond. The show then puts up a balloon fact about the largest beaver dam in the world is in Canada. It is 3000ft long and can be seen from space.

Since beavers are builders that block movement, which trait does the logo infer?

mike.caruso posted:

Noooooo!  LOL  I guess I'm in the minority but I love the unspoiled fire-engine red look!

I like both, a lot.

They should paint their new engines in both ways. Some, in the bold red with Canadian Pacific  in large white block lettering. And, some in maroon/gray with Canadian Pacific  written in script lettering.

With beavers on both.

Last edited by CNJ Jim

I would love it if CP brought back the Maroon/Grey scheme with beaver crest. But I appreciate CP is a business and concerned mainly with making money.

Still there is a lot of celebration planned up here for the 150th anniversary of Confederation. And CP, publically owned, profit-driven concern that it is, played a huge role in the development of the country . . . as did that lowly beaver, BTW.

Seems to me, CP is missing a huge PR opportunity if they don't run 2816 this celebration year!

Last edited by Terry Danks

 2816 is a question mark for sure. How much time is left on the boiler tubes before the next overhaul? She has been hidden away in storage here in Calgary and the crew that ran her was disbanded.

    I want to see 2816 travel to Ottawa pulling a consist of FP7 ABA and the Royal Canadian cars. That would be a fitting tribute to what the railway has meant to our country's history. 

 Not sure if it could happen, given the logistics and time frame involved

Al

Moonman posted:

No one answered my question about which trait of the beaver is the reason it was on the herald. It's 2017. Let the beaver rest in peace. Eh?

I don't think any "trait" of the beaver made it a choice for the CP herald. It's simply the fact the fur trade, specifically for beaver pelts to ship to Europe to be made into beaver hats, played a huge role in opening up the land that eventually became Canada.

Moonman posted:

Speaking of Canada and beavers, I am watching the show Gold Rush. The guys mining in Colorado have beavers block the culvert for the stream they divert to fill their wash pond. The show then puts up a balloon fact about the largest beaver dam in the world is in Canada. It is 3000ft long and can be seen from space.

Since beavers are builders that block movement, which trait does the logo infer?

No worries; the movement is only blocked for so long and then nature takes its course. Every few years, a beaver-dam breaks and washes out a chunk of transportation artery. Busy little fellas, ain't they?

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/201...-coal-burnaby-creek/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...am-flooding-1.517599

 

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