BC Sir John A. MacDonald BC In A Pet.

“British Columbia in a Pet

Uncle Aleck: Don‟t frown so, my dear, you‟ll have your railway, by and bye.
Miss B. Columbia: I want it now! You promised I should have it, and if I don‟t, I‟ll
complain to Ma.”

British Columbia in a Pet! “I want High Speed Rail that goes through a
tunnel, under the Strait of Georgia, and is connected by man made islands, with
towers and undersea markets and schools, that connects Vancouver Island to the
City of Vancouver.”

European Union Directive 96/48/EC,
Annex 1 defines high-speed rail as a
set of three elements with precise
criteria:
1.Infrastructure: track built specially
for high-speed travel or specially
upgraded for high-speed travel.

I want High Speed Rail that
goes through a tunnel and
connects Vancouver Island to
Vancouver.

2.Maximum Speed Limit: Minimum
speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) on lines
specially built for high speed and 200
km/h (124 mph) on existing lines
which have been specially upgraded.
This must apply to at least one section
of the line. Rolling stock must have a
maximum speed of at least 200 km/h
to be considered high speed.
3.Operating conditions: Rolling stock
must be designed alongside its
infrastructure for complete
compatibility, safety and quality of
service… Wikipedia

http://transportactionbc.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/vancouver-island-railway-study-released/

Southern Rail Vancouver Island BC Canada

2010, August 25 Vancouver Island Railway Study Released Filed under: Announcement, Inter-city rail — Tags: E&N, island corridor, VIA — Matthew @ 1:03 am
The provincial study on the future of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (now owned by
the Island Corridor Foundation) on Vancouver Island was released recently. The summary
of the study basically concludes that it is not worth investing any money in the railway
corridor.
The full study can be found on the BC Ministry of Transportation site.
The E&N railway is now owned by the Island Corridor Foundation. Rail service is
contracted to the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island. Freight service only exists along
part of the line between Courtney and Duncan. There is one round trip passenger train
every day from Victoria north to Courtney and a return trip to Victoria in the afternoon. The
segment of the line from Parksville to Port Alberni is out of service, although a tourist train
operates on a portion of the railway near Port Alberni.
One of the main problems with the rail corridor is that right of way is overgrown, tracks are
worn out and years of deferred maintenance have taken their toll. Train speeds must be
reduced due to the poor quality of the roadbed. This further diminishes the
competitiveness of the rail service. The Island Corridor Foundation was hoping to get an
investment from senior level governments to upgrade the line so it could support better
VIA Rail service, commuter rail in the Victoria area, re-open the Port Alberni line and
attract more freight service.
It is disappointing to public transport advocates that the province of BC has no problem
dropping $24 million on new interchanges (eg. McTavish Rd in North Saanich). The
province, with help from the federal government will spend $1.184 billion on the South
Fraser Perimeter Road (expressway). These road projects seem to get announced every
week with no year-long half million dollar studies, but for non-highway projects the
province isn’t interested in supporting them.
Links:
Announcement in the Times Colonist: “Not enough people use E&N train to warrant a
commuter rail investment, province concludes”
A voice lends his support to upgrading the railway. Rail service worth needed subsidies
Someone who agrees with the study conclusions. Obsolete Railway Should be Scrapped.
Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV for Waterloo.
Island Corridor Foundation
PAZ-Paddon Development Email: paz4Tunnel@hotmail.ca

Transport Action BC
Towards a rational, province-wide sustainable transport system
Transport Action —a voice Apr 26]
Annual General Meeting [2013 for balanced and ecologically sound Canadian transport alternatives
The Transport Action BC 2013 AGM -has been
welcomes new members. Help develop new ideas on national transportation policy.
rescheduled for the fall- [2013 Jul 1] http://bc.transportaction.ca/
Transport Action British Columbia 2012-13
Our Board...

______________________________________
Email: bc@transport-action.ca
__
Transport Action BC is very actively looking into
transportation issues, creating and expanding
awareness and putting forward practical solutions.
Among the results that we, but more importantly our
members, helped achieve:
•
VIA Rail's new $700 million five-year
capital improvement plan, which will include
rebuilding of locomotives and cars used on the
Toronto-Vancouver Canadian and the JasperPrince George-Prince Rupert Skeena
•
A second daily train between Vancouver,
BC and Seattle, Washington, which enables same
day through service to Portland, Oregon

•
The saving of the Esquimalt and
Nanaimo Railway (E&N), which is owned by
the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF).
•
Revitalizing Vancouver's trolleybus
network.

Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV for Waterloo.

2012-13
Executive

President:
Matthew
Buchanan
Vice-President:
Patrick Rault
Secretary:
Rick Jelfs

2013 Bombardier to run Vancouver Bombardier LU to re-let awarded £354m
contract in June 2011 to install its Cityflo 650 CBTC technology: UK, Europe,
Infrastructure TfL to re-tender Sub-Surface resignalling Tuesday, 31/12/2013 UK
Urban, UK, Europe, Infrastructure TfL to re-tender Sub-Surface resignalling
Tuesday, 31/12/2013 UK: Transport for London announced on December 31 that it plans to
re-invite tenders in mid-2014 for the resignalling of London Underground’s Sub-Surface
Lines, which had been awarded to Bombardier in mid-2011.
Covering London Underground’s Metropolitan, District, Circle and Hammersmith & City
lines, the programme is due to see the installation by 2018 of communications-based train
control on 310 km of track serving 113 stations, which accounts for approximately 40% of
the capital’s metro network, together with the remodeling of 36 congested junctions. In
conjunction with the introduction of new rolling stock, the work is expected to increase
capacity on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines by 65%, the District Line by 24% and
the Metropolitan Line by 27%.
Following a competitive tender process, Bombardier was awarded a £354m contract in June
2011 to install its Cityflo 650 CBTC technology. The company has already undertaken a
great deal of preparatory work, reportedly valued at around £80m. A new unified control
centre has been built in west London, and trial running with a CBTC-equipped trainset has
been underway on a 5 km section of the Old Dalby test track since December 2012.
Citing the 'complex nature of the network and the nature of the work to be carried out over
the next five years', LU and Bombardier have now agreed that LU should re-let the contract
and 'continue the works with another contractor'. TfL expects to issue an OJEU notice
inviting expressions of interest ‘this week’, and insists that ‘at this stage there is no change to
the original delivery timetable’…. ttp://mobile.railwaygazette.com/index.php/news/news/profile/20353


Constitution Tunnel High Speed Rail &
Highway: Man Made Islands, Project
Management.
•
•

Project Specificity: temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product, service & result.
Project Management Knowledge draws on ten areas:
Integration
Scope
Cost
Human resources
Stakeholder management

Quality
Communications

Time
Procurement
Risk management

•
Project Duration: defined beginning and end in time, and defined scope and resources.
•
Project Management Processes fall into five groups:
1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and Controlling
5. Closing
• Project Uniqueness: not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish the complex singular goal, Constitution Tunnel & Man Made Islands, Business, Industry,
and Corporations. The project team will often include people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies.
• Project Software Development: for improved construction co-ordination, design development, business & industry process, the construction of a buildings, towers, bridges, risks assessments,
risk management plans, the relief effort after a natural disaster, the expansion of sales into a new geographic markets— all are projects to be managed and constructed to full operation and
completion.
• All must be expertly organized and managed to deliver on-time, on-budget results, learning and integration that this transportation project needs.
• Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. It’s a strategic competency for organizations, enabling them to
tie project results to business goals — and thus, better compete in their markets.
• It will be practiced informally and through formal management, but began to emerge as a distinct profession in the mid-20th century. PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) identifies its recurring elements:
• All management is concerned with these, courses of action. Project management brings a unique focus shaped by the goals, resources and schedule of each project. The value of that
focus is proved by the rapid, worldwide growth of project management:

“… Combine environmental safety with our fair share
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of fiscal and economic benefits.”
Long-term oceanographic data on
Tunnel
physical, chemical, biological, and
sediment conditions in the Saanich
inlet and in the Strait of Georgia
near Vancouver, British Columbia
will benefit Vancouver Islands
transportation project, Constitution
Tunnel.

• Strait of Georgia
• A network with three sites on
seafloor at Central, East and Fraser Delta
locations of the southern Strait of Georgia,
and surface-based systems on BC Ferries,
Iona Causeway, and Coal Port
terminal. Installations in the Strait of Georgia
include:
• Seafloor networks linking 3 nodes at 300 m
(Central), 175 m (East), and 170 m (Fraser
Delta)
Allocation Strategy
Surface buoy based Ocean Technology Testbed • Shore-based High Frequency radar (CODAR
(OTTB) designed and built to support engineering with 2 antennas)
and technology development.
• Instrumentation on BC Ferries vessels
("Seekeeper")
Balance risk versus Reward by adjusting the
percentage of each asset in an investment
• Ocean glider (Webb "Slocum")
portfolio according to the investor's and marine
• OceanNetwork:
risk tolerance, goals and investment time frame.
http://www.oceannetworks.ca/installations/
observatories/venus-salish-sea
PAZ-Paddon Development Email:paz4Tunnel@hotmail.ca

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Distributing Corporations, commonly called public
corporations. It also does not deal with organizations
such as banking, insurance, loan and trust
companies, or with non-profit corporations since, in
Canada, all of these are incorporated under
distributing corporations', commonly called public
corporations. It also does not deal with organizations
such as banking, insurance, loan and trust
companies, or with non-profit corporations since, in
Canada, all of these are incorporated under statutes
other than the CBCA. distributing corporations, public
corporation statutes other than the CBCA.
Distributing corporation: Corporation, Prospectus
A corporation incorporated under the CBCA that is a “reporting issuer” under provincial securities laws, has filed a prospectus or
similar document to permit its shares to be publicly traded in Canada or any foreign jurisdiction, or the shares of which are listed
on a stock exchange inside or outside of Canada. Distributing corporations are subject to a higher level of obligation under the
Act. See CBCA, s. 2(1), and CBCA Regulation, s. 2(1). http://www.irwinlaw.com/cold/distributing_corporation

Tunnel Highway

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St.
John's, Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Major Junctions To:

Major Junctions From:

Victoria, British Columbia

Smart Oceans BC Presentation Consul General of Canada Cassie
Doyle and Ocean Networks Canada President & CEO, Kate Moran ,
"Smart Oceans BC", Unique Ocean Area Management System.
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Nov 13, 2012 Animated Surface Currents Data Product - See more at: http://www.oceannetworks.ca/animated-surface-currents-dataproduct#sthash.tn7UssCd.dpuf http://www.oceannetworks.ca/animated-surface-currents-data-product. .
http://www.oceannetworks.ca/animated-surface-currents-data-product.

Canada High Speed Railway & Highway : Coast To Coast Transportation.
PAZ-Paddon Development Email: paz4Tunnel@hotmail.ca.

Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir John A. Macdonald (No. 13) arrives
at Port Moody, then the western terminus of
the Canadian Pacific Railway. The prime
minister's visit in 1886 included a trek to
Vancouver Island, where he used a silver
sledgehammer to drive home a golden Last
Spike in the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway.
City of Vancouver Archives photograph.
POSTED BY TOM HAWTHORN AT 2:23 PM

Vancouver Island
Economy Technology
Economy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island
Technology : Within the island's largest city, Victoria, there is a significant IT and technology

Logging train on Vancouver Island, about 1925
Logs being transported by the Comox &
Campbell Lake Tramway Co., Vancouver Island,
BC, about 1925 Anonymous About 1925, 20th
century "http://www.museemccord.qc.ca/en/keys/collections/"
Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island

industry. According to the Victoria Advanced Technology Council website, over 800 technology
companies operate in the Victoria area, with combined annual revenues of $1.95 billion.[19]
High Speed Internet is delivered to the island by Shaw Communications, Telus, and various local
providers with their own networks. Wireless Internet connections can be found all over the Island,
many free for public use.
While the Island does generate much of its own power at several hydroelectric stations, increased
demand required the construction of several high voltage power cables, both HVDC and AC,
connecting to the Canadian Mainland. See Powerlines connecting Vancouver Island with Canadian
Mainland.

Logging: Outside of Victoria, Vancouver Island's economy is largely dominated by the forestry
industry. Many of the logging operations are for paper pulp, in "2nd growth" tree farms that are
harvested approximately every 80 years. Logging operations involving old-growth forests such as
those found on Clayoquot Sound are controversial and have gained international attention through
the efforts of activists and environmental organizations.

Tourism: In recent years the government of British Columbia has engaged in an advertising
program to draw more tourists to beach resorts in places such as Tofino and Ucluelet. Sport fishing,
whale-watching, hiking, SCUBA diving, and skiing are just a few things for which tourists visit
Vancouver Island. Visitors also come to see Victoria's nineteenth-century architecture, and the
many villages which line the coast such as Cowichan Bay, Chemainus, and Qualicum Beach.

Logs being
transported by the
Comox & Campbell
Lake Tramway Co.,
Vancouver Island, BC,
about 1925

„THE PROMISE „ Canada‟s Confederation Promises: fulfilling a
promise extended to British Columbia when it entered
Confederation in 1871
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The railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881
and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a
promise extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871. It was Canada's
first transcontinental railway, but currently does not reach the Atlantic coast. Primarily a
freight railway, the CPR was for decades the only practical means of long-distance passenger
transport in most regions of Canada, and was instrumental in the settlement and development
of Western Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie at Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander
Station) where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the
ceremonial final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia at 9:22 am on
November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith, marking the end of a saga of natural disasters,
financial crises, and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railroad from its beginning….

Canadian Pacific system map (does not include DM&E trackage)

Railway Confederation Promises Canadian Pacific Railway
Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander Station) where
the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie
The first obstacle to its construction is political. A logical route through to the city of Vancouver,
BC, Canada. The difficulty of building a railroad through the Canadian Rockies submerged under
the Strait of Georgia, is feasible. An entirely Canadian rail and highway route would require
crossing 30 km (17 mi) of rugged undersea terrain. This is not barren ocean and the seabed's
and life, sponges, must be protected and all risks assessed and preventive measures planned
and acted upon, to ensure this routing is protected and risks nullified. , The government offered
huge incentives including vast grants of land in Western Canada in 1881.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway


Comparison: Vancouver Island 2013 Canada & BC‟s list of
conditions for Vancouver Island Transportation Gateway to
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the North and a Rail Gateway Coast to Coast.
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Tunnel

Constitution Tunnel needs backing and promotions from a
financier like famed Jay Cooke. In the summer of 1885
Cooke, brought the first real momentum to the company.
Jay Cooke takes control
For the next six years, backers of the road struggled to find
financing. Though John Gregory Smith succeeded Perham as
president on January 5, 1885, groundbreaking did not take
place until February 15, 1885, at Thompson Junction,
Minnesota, 25 miles (40 km) west of Duluth, Minnesota. The
backing and promotions of famed financier Jay Cooke in the
summer of 1885 brought the first real momentum to the
company.
Over the course of 1885, the Northern Pacific pushed
westward from Minnesota into present-day North Dakota.
Surveyors and construction crews had to maneuver through
swamps, bogs, and tamarack forests. The difficult terrain and
insufficient funding delayed by six months the construction
phase in Minnesota.[1] The NP also began building its line
north from Kalama, Washington Territory, on the Columbia
River outside of Portland, Oregon, towards Puget Sound. Four
small construction engines were purchased, the Minnetonka,
Itaska, Ottertail and St. Cloud, the first of which was shipped to
Kalama by ship around Cape Horn. In Minnesota, the Lake
Superior and Mississippi Railroad completed construction of its
155-mile (249 km) line stretching from Saint Paul to Lake
Superior at Duluth in 1885. It was leased to the Northern
Pacific the following year, and was eventually absorbed by the
Northern Pacific.

Southern Railway of Vancouver Island The railway running through
Chemainus Reporting mark SVI Locale Vancouver Island, British
Columbia Dates of operation Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
1883-2006, Southern Railway of Vancouver Island 2006–

Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Nanaimo, British Columbia The Southern Railway of
Vancouver Island (reporting mark SVI) is 234 kilometres (145 mi) in
length, and is one of two remaining railways on Vancouver Island,
the other being the Englewood Railway. The railroad runs from
Victoria to Courtenay, with a branch line from Parksville to Port
Alberni. In 2006, the Island Corridor Foundation acquired the
railway's ownership from the Canadian Pacific Railway and
RailAmerica. Freight service continues; however, the crown
corporation Via Rail passenger service has been suspended
indefinitely due to deferred maintenance on the
railroad.(Wikipedia) Development Email: paz4Tunnel@hotmail.ca
PAZ-Paddon

Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada‟s Agreement With BC and Vancouver
Island, Victoria:
4. Has the power of social engineering, such as
Transportation.
5. Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.
DETERMINE WHETHER AN ENTITY
1871-2013 Vancouver Island joining BC
IS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY
Canada Being Accepted As A Country:
• There are eight accepted criteria
Canadian Confederation
used to determine whether an
1867- 2013 Vancouver Island joining BC. The
entity is an independent country
history of an island railroad and a functioning island
(also known as a State with a
railway in perpetuity … Canadian Confederation of
capital "s") or not. A country
1867, and the incorporation of British
need only fail on one of the eight
Columbia into Canada in 1871. The
criteria to not meet the definition
terms of union required that within
of independent country status.
two years, the federal government
Scotland does not meet all eight
criteria; it fails on six of the eight
was to start the construction of a
criteria...
railway from the "seaboard of British

Columbia" joining the new province
BC itself has a transportation system
and Victoria with the railway system of but the system is not fully under BC
Canada. On its part, British Columbia was control. The BC Legislature controls
to grant a band of public land of up to 32
kilometres (20 mi) in width along either
side of the railway line to the federal
government for it to use in furtherance of
the construction of the railway. The Pacific

terminus of the railway was not specific would see
the railway cross the Rockies by the Yellowhead
Pass and reach the BC coast at Bute Inlet. It would
cross Sonora Island and Quadra Island and reach
Vancouver Island by a bridge across Seymour
Narrows.

Country, State, and Nation Definining an Independent
Country By Matt Rosenberg.
http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.
html . Updated October 05, 2011

While the terms country, state, and nation are often
used interchangeably, there is a difference.
Independent Countries:
Let's start with what defines a State or an independent
country. An independent State:
1.

Has space or territory which has internationally
recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK).

2.

Has people who live there on an ongoing basis.

3.

Has economic activity and an organized economy. A
country regulates foreign and domestic trade and
issues money.

4.

Has the power of social engineering, such as
education.

some aspects of transportation,
5.
Has a transportation system for moving goods
and people.
including the BC road network, bus
policy and aspects of ports and harbors 6.
Has a government which provides public services and
while the Canadian Parliament controls
police power.
the federal, Independent Country
7.
Has sovereignty. No o State should have power over
Requirements, railways, transport
the country's territory.
safety and regulation. Again, BC power
8.
Has external recognition. A country has been "voted
for Transportation has two aspects,
into the club" by other countries.
Provincial/Municipal and
Federal/Provincial, was granted by the
Canadian Parliament.

Last Spike Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway : Sir John A. Macdonald
drove the last Spike, Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada, August 13, 1886.
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The last spike was gold and the hammer was silver.
On 13 August 1886, the last spike was driven at
Cliffside, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Victoria.
Construction of the island railway took three and a
half years. Prime Minister Macdonald drove the last
spike, during his only visit to British Columbia. The
railway was extended to Dunsmuir's mine at
Wellington in 1887, and into Victoria in 1888. It was
extended west to Port Alberni in 1911, west to Lake
Cowichan in 1912, and north to Courtenay in 1914. The
E&N Railway was originally to have been built all the
way to Campbell River, but that plan fell through due
to the outbreak of World War I.
Last Spike Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway @ Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake in British Columbia Heritage Markers Posted by:
Rosewall N 48° 37.227 W 123° 37.579 10U
E 453842 N 5385453Quick Description: Sir John A. Macdonald drove the last Spike, Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake August 13, 1886. Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/19/2010 10:13:47 AM Waymark Code: WM9Z0K Published By:
bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer

Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR),
Craigellachie, British Columbia, 9:22 am, November 7, 1885,
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by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith.
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Last Spike (Canadian Pacific
Railway)
The Last Spike of the Canadian
Pacific Railway was the ceremonial
final spike driven into the
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at
Craigellachie, British Columbia at
9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It
was driven in by CPR railroad
financier Donald Smith, marking
the end of a saga of natural
disasters, financial crises, and even
rebellion that plagued Canada's
first transcontinental railroad from
its beginning. Donald Alexander


Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Craigellachie, British
Columbia, 9:22 am, November 7, 1885, by CPR railroad financier Donald
Smith.

Last Spike of the CPR - Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada. Donald Alexander
Smith driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Also in the photo are
(generally left to right) Albert Bowman Rogers (Surveyor), Michael Haney
(Contractor), William Cornelius Van Horne (CPR Manager), Sir Sandford Fleming,
Edward Mallandaine (teenager), Henry Cambie (engineer), John Egan (General
Superintendent), Sam Steele (NorthWest Mounted Police), James Ross (engineer).
The man at the rear of the photo, just right of centre, with a white cowboy hat and
moustache, is reputed to be Tom Wilson, guide & outfitter & the first white man to
see Lake Louise.


I am very interested in developing a high-speed rail and highway tunnel crossing from Vancouver to Vancouver Island.
The government of Canada agreed to a crossing in 1867 and hasn't fulfilled the 1871 promise of a connection to Canada
for it's people and business. This will be like the Rogfast Tunnel, Norway. With Aboriginal input and on the corporation
board we can develop world class man made islands that will support Aboriginal Tourism and Business.

Canadian Pacific system map (does not include
DM&E trackage)
Reporting mark CP
Locale: Canada with branches to United States
cities: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York
City
Dates of operation 1881–present
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard
gauge)
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, Canada
CP Rail Track gauge:
Website: www.cpr.ca
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Wikipedia

Alstom and Adif to develop dual-gauge
signaling
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom
have signed an agreement to develop a new dualgauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and
1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks.
According to Adif, Alstom will design an ERTMS
system for the mixed-gauge lines at its technology
centre in Malaga. Alstom will also conduct track
testing, develop new products to enhance the
systems functionality raised, and obtain safety
certification.
Adif has to date upgraded 170km of track to
accommodate dual gauge, predominantly between
Barcelona and the French border, as well as some
individual sections including the Tardienta - Huesca
line, with 99% of the work carried out by Alstom. The
Mediterranean Freight Corridor, which is reliant on
the institution of dual-gauge to allow services to
operate seamlessly between eastern Spain and
Northern Europe, is expected to be operational by
2015. The project is part of a five-year agreement
between Adif and Alstom signed in November 2012
to carry out research and development projects in
Malaga. Written by Kevin Smith

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Alstom and Adif
to develop dual-gauge signalling
Written by Kevin Smith
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/signalling/alstom-and-adif-to-develop-dual-gauge-signalling.html

High Speed Rail Corridor

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Tunnel

NC-To-DC High Speed Rail Compact To Meet
In Va. January 7, 2014 6:00 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia and North
Carolina representatives are scheduled to meet
on the development of high-speed rail service
from Charlotte, N.C., to Washington, D.C.
Members of the Virginia-North Carolina
Interstate High Speed Rail Compact are to meet
Tuesday in Richmond. The panel is made up of
members from each state’s legislature.
The compact was created by both states to
develop the high-speed rail corridor. A primary
goal is obtaining federal funding.
In 2012, Virginia received nearly $75 million for
the project. (© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights
Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.)

• http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/01/07/nc-to-dc-high-speed-railcompact-to-meet-inva/?goback=%2Egde_2062032_member_5827881551299362820#%21

Industry: “ bolstering the domestic manufacture of
advanced rail and transit vehicles systems and
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component parts”
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• Transit Industry. Michael Renner and Gary Gardner.
Global Competitiveness in the Rail and http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/01/07/nc-to-dc-high-speed-railcompact-to-meet-inva/?goback=%2Egde_2062032_member_5827881551299362820#%21

The Apollo Transportation Manufacturing Initiative

With support from the Rockefeller and Surdna Foundations, the Apollo Alliance partnered with North - eastern
University, the Worldwatch Institute, and the Duke University Center on Globalization, Gov - ernance &
Competitiveness to conduct research, engage stakeholders, and develop policy recommendations to inform the
emergence of a comprehensive strategy to create good American jobs by bolstering the domestic manufacture of
advanced rail and transit vehicles systems and component parts. Over the course of 2010, the initiative culminated
in the release of four separate reports:
U.S. Manufacture of Rail Vehicles for Intercity Passenger Rail and Urban Transit , Duke University Center on
Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Modeled on its previous analyses of the hybrid truck and public transit bus supply chains, the Center on
Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness mapped the supply chain for the U.S. passenger railcar in dustry.The study details nearly 250 existing manufacturing locations in 35 states that are currently producing rail
vehicles or component parts. While domestic manufacturers exist in many of the industry subsectors, the U.S.
supply chain has several gaps , and many higher-value added activities are still performed abroad. The U.S.
passenger and transit rail supply chain currently supports between 10,000 and 14,000 employees, numbers that
could grow with scaled-up U.S. investments in public transit and intercity rail. p5

US Rail 1864–1970 Northern Pacific Railway :
1867 Confederation Coast To Coast
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Transportation Financing
The Northern Pacific Railway (NP, Northern Pacific Railway Wikipedia) was a

transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western
United States from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast. It was approved by Congress in
1864 and given nearly 40 million acres (160,000 km2) of land grants, which it used to
raise money in Europe for construction. Construction began in 1870 and the main
line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president
Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in western Montana on Sept. 8,
1883. The railroad had about 6800 miles of track and served a large area, including
extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota,
Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. In addition the company had international
branches to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The
main activities were shipping wheat and other farm products, cattle, timber and
minerals; bringing in consumer goods, transporting passengers; and selling land. The
company was headquartered first in Brainerd, Minnesota, then in Saint Paul,
Minnesota. It had a tumultuous financial history, and in 1970 it merged with other
lines to form the Burlington Northern Railroad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway

Congress chartered the Northern Pacific Railway Company on July 2, 1885 with the goals of 1) connecting
the Great Lakes with Puget Sound on the Pacific, 2) opening vast new lands for farming, ranching,
lumbering and mining, and 3) linking Washington and Oregon to the rest of the country. Congress
granted the railroad a potential 60 million acres (243,000 km2) of land in exchange for building rail
transportation to an undeveloped territory. Josiah Perham was elected its first president on December 7,
1885. It could not use all the land and in the end took just under 40 million acres.

Jay Cooke takes control: February 15, 1885, at Thompson Junction,
Minnesota, 25 miles (40 km) west of Duluth, Minnesota. The backing and
promotions of famed financier Jay Cooke in the summer of 1885 brought
the first real momentum to the company.
For the next six years, backers of the road struggled to find financing. Though John Gregory Smith
succeeded Perham as president on January 5, 1885, groundbreaking did not take place until (..).
Over the course of 1885, the Northern Pacific pushed westward from Minnesota into present-day North
Dakota. Surveyors and construction crews had to maneuver through swamps, bogs, and tamarack
forests. The difficult terrain and insufficient funding delayed by six months the construction phase in
Minnesota.[1] The NP also began building its line north from Kalama, Washington Territory, on the
Columbia River outside of Portland, Oregon, towards Puget Sound. Four small construction engines were
purchased, the Minnetonka, Itaska, Ottertail and St. Cloud, the first of which was shipped to Kalama by
ship around Cape Horn. In Minnesota, the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad completed construction
of its 155-mile (249 km) line stretching from Saint Paul to Lake Superior at Duluth in 1885. It was leased
to the Northern Pacific the following year, and was eventually absorbed by the Northern Pacific


I am very interested in developing a high-speed rail and highway tunnel crossing from Vancouver to Vancouver Island.
The government of Canada agreed to a crossing in 1867 and hasn't fulfilled the 1871 promise of a connection to Canada
for it's people and business. This will be like the Rogfast Tunnel, Norway. With Aboriginal input and on the corporation
board we can develop world class man made islands that will support Aboriginal Tourism and Business.

Canadian Pacific system map (does not include
DM&E trackage)
Reporting mark CP
Locale: Canada with branches to United States
cities: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York
City
Dates of operation 1881–present
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard
gauge)
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: www.cpr.ca
Wikipedia

CP Rail Track gauge:
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)

TransCanada Highway 1,

1
Constitution
Tunnel
Highspeed Rail
&
Highway

Let’s contact our federal, territorial, and provincial
government, let them know you know that a
transportation system is part of government promises
from colonialists to Gr. Britain, and, from our local
governments to the federal government of Canada. on it’s
Confederation and Constitutional responsibilities to
Victoria and Vancouver Island, and the people and
businesses of Vancouver Island and BC, Canada.

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