Countess of Dufferin

*Countess of Dufferin*
Countess of Dufferin
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number	2660
Build date	1872
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0 American
Driver dia.	57 in (1.4 m)
Cylinder size	15 in (380 mm) diameter × 24 in (610 mm) stroke
Operators
Career
Operators	Northern Pacific Railway (NP), Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Columbia River Lumber Company
Numbers	NP 21; CPR 151
Official name	Countess of Dufferin (CPR), "The Betsy" (CRLC)
Disposition	Preserved at the Winnipeg Railway Museum

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.

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