CANADIAN RAILWAYS
PROFITS IN SPITE OF COMPETITION In view or the manner in whjf* motor competition is looked on oy New Zealand Railways, it is mte ' ing to note that the revenue oi Canadian National Railways has creased, during the. period from ' j uary to October 21. by £600.000. now totals £42.000.000. The Canaa n Pacific Railway also shows an crease to £30.500.000, by a sum * £162.000. Both of these results in face of motor competition p i New in excess in proportion of that in Zealand. . a*. The C.N.R. and C.P.R. creased gross receipts for fc>epte That of the former has decieasea nearly £IOO,OOO. and the hitter • nearly £400,000. The net eaiwgr from January to September in~ . were £5,130,000 for the £4.899,000 for the C.P.R _ , lwa ys The Canadian National have recently improved on tn g oil-electric locomotives and pro gas-electric car which is ca .R a ntre al. travelling from Toronto to M . er . about 334 miles, in 5i hours, 0 f age speed of over 60 m-P-h----the largest locomotives in the Empire are under construction* 0 f are of the 6.100 type, a hug machinery which can handle freight cars with ease.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 28 (Supplement)
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195CANADIAN RAILWAYS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 28 (Supplement)
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