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First Locomotive on the Canadian Pacific Railway, the "Countess of Dufferin". From Steel of Empire by John Murray Gibbon, page 174.

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"Countess of Dufferin," C.P.R. Engine No. 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba Postcard
"Countess of Dufferin," C.P.R. Engine No. 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba Postcard

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