Abstract
Some railroad companies owned steamship lines outright, others had close working agreements with them. Beginning shortly after the inauguration of regular steamship service across the Pacific, this connection continued until the outbreak of World War I. The transpacific trade is unique in maritime history in the extent and duration of its control by railroads. Frequently, lines of steamers on rivers, lakes, narrow seas, ,or along coastlines have been under rail influence, but over no other great transocean route has this influence been so predominant. On the Atlantic, the Great Western and Pennsylvania railroads attempted to found lines, but neither persisted. The only railroad that has had long-continued success in operating steamship lines on both the Atlantic and the Pacific is the Canadian Pacific.
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