Aww jeez.... I go quiet for a couple months and LOOK what happens!
And someone also beat me to the thought that it is indeed the WW&F that is better suited to absorb the CP, as track and building conditions will CERTAINLY improve on the latter!
As far as Canadian "cousins" to the natives of Sodor,...
...meet "BOB and DOUG," fresh from MLW (Mackenzie Locomotive Works)
*runs away giggling*