[BurbankKarl]

I was reading the history of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and they darn near did leave for the US. If the Govt hadnt finally connected Vancouver with the rest of the country, the Northern Pacific and Great Northern would have invaded Canada.

[Publius]

The Northern Pacific was one of those railroads run by financiers. No real railroad men.

But the Great Northern was run by James Jerome Hill, born in Ontario. One of the greatest railroad men who ever lived. The Empire Builder himself.