Original sentence: Born in 1843 he moved with his family to Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old.February 3 1843 – d.Following Van Horne's death in Montreal, Quebec in 1915 at the age of 72, his remains were interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.He was also responsible for launching the sea transport division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, inaugurating a regular service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in 1891 on the Empress luxury liners.September 11 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive.Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (b.Van Horne considered the railway an integrated [telecommunication|communications]] and transportation system and convinced the directors and shareholders to create a telegraph service and an express freight delivery service as a complement to the railway.Van Horne was knowledgeable in nearly every element of the railway industry, including operating a locomotive.Van Horne was portrayed by John Colicos in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television miniseries, The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway
Edited sentence: Born in Chelsea, Illinois, in the United States, he moved with his family to nearby Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old.Following Van Horne's death in Montreal, Quebec in 1915, a special CPR train took his remains to Joliet, Illinois for interment there in Oakwood Cemetery.Furthermore, he was knowledgeable in nearly every element of the railway industry, including operating a locomotive.He was also responsible for launching the sea transport division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, inaugurating a regular service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in 1891 on the celebrated Empress luxury liners.Largely self-taught, he was known for his great intellectual curiosity and dynamism.Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (February 3, 1843 – September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive.Van Horne considered the railway an integrated communications and transportation system and convinced the directors and shareholders to create a telegraph service and an express freight delivery service as a complement to the railway.Van Horne is depicted by John Colicos in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television miniseries, The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway