This 50' Standard Box Car with Plug & Sliding Doors is painted box car red with white lettering.  This car has a build date of July 1959.  The Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR), formerly know as CP Rail (CP), between 1968 and 1996, is a historical Canadian Class 1 rail service founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited.  The CPR became one of the largest and most powerful companies in Canada, a position it held as late as 1975.  Is primary passenger services were eliminated in 1984 after being assumed by Via Rail Canada in 1978.  A Beaver was chosen as the railways logo because it is one of the National Symbols of Canada and represents the hard working character of the company.