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==Major facilities== Canadian Pacific owned a large number of large yards and repair shops across their system, which were used for many operations ranging from [[intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] terminals to [[classification yard]]s. Below are some examples of these. ===Hump yards=== [[Classification yard|Hump yards]] work by using a small hill over which cars are pushed, before being released down a slope and switched automatically into cuts of cars, ready to be made into outbound trains. Many of these yards were closed in 2012 and 2013 under Hunter Harrison's company-wide restructuring; only the St. Paul Yard hump remains open.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MFAC - Canadian Pacific|url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/mfac/pdf/mfacsept2018-CP.pdf|access-date=2020-09-01|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023000254/https://www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/mfac/pdf/mfacsept2018-CP.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Calgary]], Alberta β {{convert|168|acre|ha|adj=on|order=flip}} [[CPR Alyth Yard|Alyth Yard]]; handles 2,200 cars daily (closed) * [[Franklin Park, Illinois]] β [[Bensenville Yard]] (closed) * [[Montreal]], Quebec β St. Luc Yard; active since 1950. Flat switching since the mid-1980s. (closed) * [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], Minnesota β Pig's Eye Yard / St. Paul Yard<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=Trains Magazine| date=8 July 2006| url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=537| title=North America's Hump Yards| access-date=27 June 2008| archive-date=4 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204022048/http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=537| url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Toronto]], Ontario β [[CPR Toronto Yard|Toronto Yard]] (also known as "Toronto Freight Yard or Agincourt Yard") (closed) * [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba β Rugby Yard (also known as "Weston Yard") (closed)
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