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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).
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.
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.
From May 23 to June 1, steam power was represented, from operating replicas of the earliest steam locomotives, such as: the John Bull, Stephensons Rocket and Tom Thumb to the modern steamers of the 1920s to the 1950s, including: the 2860, Canadian National Railway 4-6-0 No. 1392, Union Pacific Railroad 0-6-0 No. 4466, CN 4–8–2, U-1-f No ...