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Pacific railway Hist. 
the transcontinental railway completed in 1885 and later known as the Canadian Pacific Railway, linking eastern Canada with the Pacific Coast.
- 1859 He alluded to the Pacific Railway, and believed that it was more likely to be built within 15 years than was the Grand Trunk railway 10 years ago.
- 1883 Many persons still doubt that this will be the permanent terminus of the Pacific Railway.
- 1963 It was known . . . that Canada proposed a Pacific railway. . . .
- 1859 He alluded to the Pacific Railway, and believed that it was more likely to be built within 15 years than was the Grand Trunk railway 10 years ago.