Canadian Pacific Railroad

Here is the Canadian Pacific Railway #29 ready for Christmas. It was built in September, 1887 at a cost of $7000, and with tender weighs 150,000 pounds with a length of 58 feet. It is a class of locomotive known as a Standard or American-type 4-4-0. It was the last steam locomotive in Candadian service when it ceased operating in November, 1960. It was last operated in 1989 when it was over a 100 years old.

I'm going to have to study up a bit more about how the locomotive changed the United States and Canada. The impact on the Canada west was tremendous - towns grew or failed depending on where the railroad went. I know it was the same in the United States. The Interstate and other major roads have the same influence.