CPKC PENSIONERS 

Tom Pidborchynski, who retired in September 1990, will celebrate his 100th birthday on November 22, 2025. A pipe fitter by trade, Tom often reflects on his 28 years of dedicated service with CPR. He remains deeply grateful for the pension and benefits he continues to enjoy, both during his working years and into retirement.

55th Wedding Anniversary

Married in NDG, Montreal at St. Augustine's Church
September 26, 1970

Kansas City, you brought the magic! 🚂 The #CPKCHolidayTrain rolled in at Union Station Kansas City, and you all showed up to make our night holly-jolly bright! 

Thank you for your donations to Harvesters - The Community Food Network and helping to make a real difference this holiday season in the fight against food insecurity. Until next time.

The 2024 CPKC Holiday Train will tour Canada and the U.S. Nov. 21 through Dec. 20, raising money, food and awareness to support food banks across our network. Professional musicians play free concerts from the brightly decorated train's stage. CPKC donates to the local food bank at each stop and encourages all attendees to make a monetary or heart-healthy food donation.

Since its inaugural journey in 1999, the CPKC Holiday Train has raised more than $24.3 million and collected approximately 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks in Canada and the U.S.

With the outbreak of World War II, the entire CPR network was again at the disposal of the Allied war effort. On land, the CPR moved 307 million tons of freight and 86 million passengers; including 150,000 soldiers, nearly 130,000 army and air force re-patriots, and thousands of sailors.

At sea, 22 CPR ships went to war with 12 of them being sunk, including the CPR’s largest passenger ship ever, which was almost as big as the Titanic — the Empress of Britain II.

In the air, the CPR pioneered the “Atlantic Bridge” – the transatlantic ferrying of bombers to Britain. The CPR set up pilot training schools and opened Canada’s strategic far north, creating Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1942.

Read more at https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#war-efforts

From the outset of war the CPR put the entire resources of the company at the British Empire’s disposal. This during the CPR’s heyday, when the railway was much more than just a railway. Not only were the railway’s trains and tracks at the British Empire’s disposal, but also its ships, shops, hotels, telegraphs, and, above all, its people.

Aiding the war effort meant transporting and billeting troops, building and supplying arms and munitions; arming, lending and selling ships.

Read more at https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#war-efforts

July 1, 2017