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Locomotive in G.T.R. Shops, Montreal, 1859
Photograph William Notman © McCord Museum N-1992.21.13
In the 1880s, what railway company had the monopoly?
A- Grand Trunk
B- Grand Pacific
C- Grand Saint-Laurent
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Answer: A
Created in 1852, the Grand Trunk Railway Company is at its peak in 1880. It then makes many acquisitions but weakens its assets. On the brink of bankruptcy in 1919, it was bought by the Canadian federal government and integrated with Canadian National Railways.