The Kid's Site of Canadian Trains

Building a Railway

Today we can only be filled with admiration at the endurance and spirit of the people who experienced some of the world's harshest weather and landscapes to build the railway that stretched from sea to sea. They were survey crews, grading gangs, bridge-makers, track-layers, telegraph teams, sorters, dispatchers, trainmen, labourers, paddlers, carpenters, cooks, tailors, shoemakers, blacksmiths, doctors and many others.

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