John Swatsley (American, B. 1937) "Countess of Dufferin Locomotive" Signed lower left. Original Mixed Media on Illustration Board painting. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Canadian 32c Dufferin Locomotive stamp issued October 25, 1984. Believed by many to be the original No. 1 of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Countess of Dufferin was originally an American locomotive. Built in Philadelphia in 1872 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Countess became No. 56 of the Northern Pacific Railroad of America. Later that decade she was bought by a contractor -- Joseph Whitehead -- and used on Canadian government contracts in Manitoba. In 1881 the Canadian Pacific Railway was incorporated, and Whitehead took the Countess by steamboat up the river to Winnipeg. She already had Whitehead's number, which was 1, and he painted on the letters "Canadian Pacific." In 1883, the Canadian Pacific Railway -- which was the hope and pride of the entire prairie region - became associated with the Countess when the company purchased the locomotive for a small amount over five thousand dollars. And this was how the Countess of Dufferin came to be known as the Canadian Pacific Railway's No. 1. For fourteen years she served as No. 151, and then in 1897 the Countess was sold to a lumbering company in British Columbia where she worked faithfully, hauling great loads of timber. She was bought back by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1910 and transformed into a mechanical national monument in Sir William Whyte Park, Winnipeg. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 20.5 x 18 in. Unframed. (B08927)