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The Great Canadian train ride

Australia, 1994
film

In 1955 the Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurated the ‘Canadian’, a new train designed to offer the ultimate in rail luxury. It was then and remain..

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Trans-Canada journey

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Great railway journeys. Series 4. Vol. 1

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Steel road across a continent

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All manner of trains

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Tapping Canada's resources

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