Shots of hammer hitting railway spike intercut with shots of early locomotive and train speeding towards and over camera. LS of men standing by as worker drives spike. Shot of photograph depicting Donald Alexander Smith, first Baron of Strathcona and Mount Royal, driving last spike. Shot of locomotive and train moving, crowd of gandy dancers cheering and being answered by people aboard train. LS of white plume of steam over train in Rockies. Shot of freight train from top of boxcars. Quick TRAVELLING sequence of tracks from locomotive, of trains in sidings, of people by wayside station, factories, Royal York Hotel.