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Riding the Rails and “Hobo Jungles” A look into Canada’s railway through out the 1920s and 30s

Riding the Rails and “Hobo Jungles”

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A look into Canada’s railway through out the 1920s and 30s. Riding the Rails and “Hobo Jungles”. The three major rail lines in the 1920 were the Canadian Pacific, the Trans-Canada, and the Grand truck railway. In the early 1920’s Trans-Canada absorbed Grand truck railway. Major Rail lines. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Riding the Railsand

“Hobo Jungles”

A look into Canada’s railway through out the 1920s and 30s

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Major Rail lines

The three major rail lines in the 1920 were the Canadian Pacific, the Trans-Canada, and the Grand truck railway.

In the early 1920’s Trans-Canada absorbed Grand truck railway

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Trans-Canada

Ran from Montréal to Vancouver.

Started in 1907, but didn’t take off until after world war 1 in 1919

The fastest all sleeper car train in North America

The longest route in the World

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Trans-Canada and

Canadian Pacific These two

companies were seen as sister rails, and cooperated on most issues

The Canadian Pacific became international in 1923, Chicago to Vancouver

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Trans-Canada and

Canadian Pacific Before the

depression 12 new sets of trains were put out

During depression these train were forced to run by the government, despite their financial problems

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Effect on Canada

Locals viewed have a rail way in their town as a sign of economical growth

They also attracted wealthy American, who brought business to hotels and other tourist attractions.

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Hobo Jungles A Hobo Jungle

was a place where a group of hobo live, a community

Over 2 million men and 8000 women became hobos in the 1930s