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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]
It marked several firsts in Canada: it was the first known double-track railway, the first steam-powered railway, and the first railway system known to have carried passengers regularly. [7] It was built on Cap Diamant to haul stone and other construction materials for the Citadelle of Quebec up from a wharf below.
Canada Central Railway: Acquired by Canadian Pacific. Canada Coal and Railroad Company: northwestern Nova Scotia: 1905–1906: Sold to become MCR&PC. Canada Coals and Railway Company: northwestern Nova Scotia: 1892–1905: Sold to become CC&RC. Canada Southern Railway: Acquired by MCRR, later NYC. Sold to CPR and CN. Abandoned. Canadian ...
Steam 4-4-0: 1877 built Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters, Ogden, Alberta: Last CP steam locomotive to pull an official train, on November 6, 1960. Canadian Pacific 374: 4-4-0: 1886 built Engine 374 Pavilion, Vancouver, British Columbia: Pulled first CPR transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver, in 1887 Countess of Dufferin: Steam 4 ...
The Northern Railway of Canada was a railway in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was the first steam railway to enter service in what was then known as Upper Canada . It was eventually acquired by the Grand Trunk Railway , and is therefore a predecessor to the modern Canadian National Railway (CNR).
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.
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 ...
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.