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The Countess of Dufferin was the first locomotive to operate in Manitoba. She arrived by barge in 1877 to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pembina Branch, which was to link Winnipeg with U.S. rail lines south of the border. The Countess worked in Western Canada until 1907. In 1909 she was discovered, disassembled, in British Columbia. She was shipped to Winnipeg in pieces and rebuilt in the CPR's Weston shops. In 1910 she was laid to rest in Sir William Whyte Park, across Higgins Avenue from the CPR station. This photo commemorates the event.