Engine No. 374 was the steam engine

Steam engine

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 which pulled the first transcontinental train to arrive in Vancouver

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, arriving on May 23, 1887. This was a year after its sister Engine No. 371 brought first Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

 train to cross Canada into Port Moody. No. 374 was built by the CPR in 1886 and was one of eight similar 4-4-0

4-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...

 steam locomotives built that year in the Montreal

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 shops.

While No. 371 was scrapped in 1915, No. 374 was completely rebuilt in 1914 and continued in service until 1945. It was then cosmetically restored to look similar to its original 1886 appearance and put on display at Kitsilano beach. It remained there until 1983 when it was moved to a warehouse on Granville Island

Granville Island

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 and received a new round of restoration work. No. 374 was put on display on the turntable at the renovated CPR Drake Street roundhouse during Expo 86

Expo 86

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.

In the 1990s the roundhouse site was converted into a community centre as part of the Yaletown

Yaletown

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area redevelopment and a new building, the 374 Station Pavilion, was built to house and preserve No. 374.