1895  At the time of my arrival everything was bustle and excitement, as an immigrant train was expected with several settlers for the Bay.
1911  In the last issue we asked the C.P.R. why they didn't put on a coffee-and-sinker layout on their immigrant trains.
1953  Soon the spectacle of long immigrant trains shuttling across the country was a typical sight, and Winnipeg, the first distribution-point for these new Canadians, became a polyglot metropolis of diverse accents and nationalities.