The ''Royal Canadian Pacific'' is a luxury excursion passenger train operated by Mount Stephen Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of the

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and later CPKC Railway. It made its first run on June 7, 2000, after the CPR received the ''royal'' designation for the service from

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, Queen of Canada. The train operates seasonally from June to September, on CPR trackage through the

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and

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, and is available for private bookings only. All trains are based out of

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, and use a facility built at the Ogden Headquarters with all the heritage equipment on display. A typical excursion is a route from Calgary through the Columbia River Valley and

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, passing through Banff, Lake Louise and

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before returning to Calgary. Such a trip takes six days and five nights with no operating at night in order to preserve the sight-seeing of mountain scenery during the daylight hours. The train consists of up to eight luxury passenger cars built between 1916 and 1931, and is powered by restored

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first-generation diesel-electric locomotives (two A units and one B unit).

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