The railway connects Saint John on the Atlantic coast to Vancouver on the Pacific coast. A series of grand hotels was built along the main line and Banff was advertised as an international tourism stopover on the steel highway. 　　
这条铁路连接起了大西洋海岸的圣约翰和太平洋海岸的温哥华两市。铁路主要沿线地区相继建成大旅馆，班夫也这条钢铁高速路上的国际旅游中转站而被大肆宣传。