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The Countess of Dufferin was the first steam locomotive to operate in the Canadian prairie provinces and is named after Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Countess of Dufferin (later Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava), the wife of the Earl of Dufferin, a Governor General of Canada. [1] [2]
Canadian National 6060 is a 4-8-2 "Mountain"-type steam locomotive built in October 1944 by the Montreal Locomotive Works as the first of the U-1-f class for the Canadian National Railway (CN) in Canada. It was first assigned to haul premier passenger trains and eventually fast freight trains on the CN until its retirement in 1959.
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph (160 km/h), on 30 November 1934. 41 018 climbing the Schiefe Ebene with 01 1066 as pusher locomotive (video 34.4 MB) A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
Pages in category "Preserved steam locomotives of Canada" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In May 2004, No. 2816 pulled the Royal Canadian Pacific consist while performing a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) tour across the CP between Vancouver and Montreal, and it marked the first time in fifty years that a single steam locomotive pulled a cross-country passenger train in Canada, but it was assisted by three CP heritage diesels. [17]
The first steam locomotive was turned out on Wednesday, December 20, 1854. This was the first of four locomotives for the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, which was being built at that time. A further order of five locomotives for the GTR followed in October and November 1856.
Samson was the first locomotive in Canada to run on iron rails. It is the oldest surviving locomotive in Canada, one of the oldest in North America and one of only four surviving locomotives designed by engineer Timothy Hackworth (the others being Bradyll , Derwent and Sans Pareil ).
Ontario Northland Railway operates a passenger service between Cochrane and Moosonee making use of a fleet with heritage value. Via Rail Canada operates equipment dating back as far as 1947 [ 4 ] on all its routes, notably featuring Park cars built by Canadian Pacific Railway on The Canadian , The Ocean , the Jasper-Prince Rupert train , and ...