The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), formerly also known as CP Rail (reporting mark CP) between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I rail carrier founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP, NYSE: CP), which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.nder the initial contract with the Canadian government to build the railway, the CPR was granted 25 million acres (100,000 km 2). Proving already to be a very resourceful organization, Canadian Pacific began an intense campaign to bring immigrants to Canada.
During exercise, cardiac output can increase, as much as eight-fold in world-class endurance athletes. If exercise is performed in the upright position, returning blood to the heart at this rate is challenging because the pull of gravity provides opposition.
1 Major function: returns blood back to the heart. 2  Has valves to prevent the back flow of blood. 3  Breathing, skeletal muscles, and smooth muscle adaptations help blood flow through the vein at low pressure. 4  Vasoconstriction can occur in the vein.