in response, the canadian pacific extended its c&e line over the river and expanded its station in strathcona. in 1910, the cnor station began accepting trains from the grand trunk pacific railway (gtpr) which had also reached edmonton. the cnor and gtpr had rival plans to link edmonton to the pacific coast, cnor at vancouver and gtpr at prince rupert, british columbia. the companies were not able turn a profit during the lean years of the great war, and by 1919 both had been nationalized by the federal government and made part of canadian national railways (cnr).