The train will consist of the day coach "Cornwall" and the night coach "York", each reserved for the use of Their Royal Highnesses. The compartment car "Canada" and the sleeping car "Australia" for the members of their suite. The dining car "Sandringham", the sleeping car "India" for the attendants. The sleeping car "South Africa" for the members of the press and others invited to join the Royal progress, and two cars for luggage and the accommodation of railway train employees.

The train is 730 feet in length, and its weight 595 tons. Locomotives varying in weight and power, according to grades, will be used, and during the long run of over 3,000 miles from ocean to ocean about twenty changes of locomotives in all will be made.

The cars are all vestibuled, communication being had from end to end of train. The exteriors are finished in mahogany. The entire train is lighted by electricity and equipped with electric bells, and there is telephone connection between all the cars.

The "Cornwall" is the rearmost coach, so that from its observation platform an uninterrupted view may be obtained of the scenes of interest and beauty through which the train will pass.

Immediately preceding the "Cornwall" is the "York" night coach, with bed chambers, bathrooms and accommodation for Their Royal Highnesses and their personal attendants.

The train was designed and constructed for the purpose for which it is to be used. Having in view the long run it is intended to make, the essentials for comfort and safety have been kept in mind in its construction, and it is believed that the train represents all that is best in Canadian railway equipment.

The train will be taken at Quebec for Vancouver via Montreal, Ottawa, and the main transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and from Vancouver the tour will be continued to Victoria, by the R.M.S.S. (Royal Mail Steam Ship) "Empress of India", which will also be employed on the return trip to cross the Strait of Georgia. From Vancouver the eastbound journey is via the Canadian Pacific to North Bay, thence to Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, etc.