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CPR Magazine Article
Spring 2004

Canadian Pacific Railway Employee Communications
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 RAILWAY PAYS TRIBUTE TO VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT

The 89-year-old Vancouver resident was accompanied by pipers and a colour guard from the Seaforth Highlanders when he unveiled his name on the 1950s passenger coach at the West Coast Express Waterfornt station in Vancouver

CPR honoured Canada's last surviving Victoria Cross recipient recently when it renamed a vintage passenger car after Second World War hero Ernest "Smoky" Smith.
 
Car number CP 102, previously named the Laurentian, will now bear the name of Ernest "Smoky" Smith, VC. Inside the 80-seat passenger car, interpretive plaques will tell the story of Mr. Smith and his regiment.
 
Mr. Smith earned his VC while serving with the Seaforth Highlanders in Italy in 1944. As the Canadians tried to establish a bridgehead over the Savio River, Private Smith came under heavy attack from three German tanks and 10 soldiers. He singlehandedly fought off repeated enemy advances while protecting a wounded comrade, holding his position until the rest of his troop arrived.
 
"We believe we have found a unique and enduring way to honour this true Canadian hero", said Neal Foot, CPR's senior vice-president of operations. "This CPR passenger car bearing Smoky Smith's name will cross the country for years to come, sharing his extraordinary tale of bravery and determination".
 
The Ernest "Smoky" Smith, VC will be used for excursions on CPR's network in Canada and the U.s.

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