Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Angus shops in Montreal, Quebec, in June 1944, No.

After the Canadian Pacific removed the locomotive from service, the railway put the No.

1201 in storage at the Angus shops yard, and it was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum six years later.

1201 made its final run in the fall of 1990 and was returned Canada Science and Technology Museum for storage.

1201 is stored out of service at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.