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History of Metro Vancouver: Canadian Pacific 374, 1887

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Can P6 1887 Canadian Pacific 374 Decked out for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the first CPR cross-country passenger train arrived in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1887.

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1887

Canadian Pacific 374

Decked out for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the first CPR cross-country passenger train arrived in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1887. It was built by the CPR in 1886 and was one of eight similar steam locomotives built that year in Montreal. One year earlier, its sister Engine (No. 371), was the first Canadian Pacific Railway train to cross Canada, eventually arriving in Port Moody.

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