Canadian Pacific 374 and Expo 86 blue plaque

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Canadian Pacific Railway Roundhouse Architects: CPR engineers This complex houses Canada's most historic steam locomotive, CPR Engine 374. It pulled the first transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver in 1887, the year the railway was completed and construction was started on the Roundhouse. T

he railroad was the catalyst to growth in just three years Vancouver's population increased over 10 times. Today the Roundhouse, its turntable and Machine Shop, all completed in 1888, are among the ol

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