The Empress - CP 2816 - gets to call it a day and spend the night in Thief River Falls. Tomorrow is a relatively short run up to Winnipeg along the route of the Soo Line's Winnipeger which last r... (more)

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North near LaCrescent in some beautiful storm lighting.

In a dramatic scene, 2816 heads up the last few miles of the Marquette Sub as the sky opened up, making for some incredible stormlight on the final stretch to La Crescent.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through Waterworks in Davenport.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through the streets of Lansing.

CP 2816 trundles north along the sharp curves of the Marquette Sub with a warrant to Kains to meet the southbound 260.

After a perfectly executed meet with eastbound train 246, CP 2816 leans into the banked curve at Donehower West and into the setting sun.

After a tumultuous afternoon trying to get out of Iowa, the clouds opened up as CP 2816 heads north into La Crescent in stunning evening light.

CP 4-6-4 "Hudson" #2816 leads CPKC 41B through La Crescent, MN while pulling the Final Spike Tour back home to Calgary, Alberta on 7/1/24.

CPKC's Final Spike Steam Tour is on its return trip back north to Canada from Mexico. CP #2816 is seen leading the train on a beautiful summer morning through Davenport, IA. as they glide along th... (more)

2816 starts its run from Nahant to St Paul early seen here going north through Davenport approaching CP Waterworks.

1:48 Scale. An O-Scale model of the Canadian Pacific H1b Class Hudson Locomotive #2816 provides a graphic, side by side comparison of 1/4" to the foot railroading vs. the 12" to t... (more)

Chasing the Empress at the Final Spike Steam Tour from San Luis Potosi all the way down to Mexico City, as she passes throught Presa La Cebada (BC-78) at San Luis de La Paz, Guanajuato.

Clean-running. Running completely clean stack most of the time, CPKC's Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816 "Empress" charges toward the Highway 41 grade crossing south of Horatio, Arkan... (more)

The Empress is on the first mile of the Final Spike Tour's adventure thru the Americas after a service stop & customs at the border.