ABA F9's depart Drake leading the Royal Canadian Pacific, meanwhile passing a mural on the elevator.

Making its way East

Santa rides the CP past MP 551 as the 15 car CP Holiday Train departs Oneonta, rolling NB for its next show at Cobleskill. Santa might have been a little warm as the detector at Colliersville (547... (more)

On an unseasonably warm day, the CP Holiday Train rolls NB for its next show at Cobleskill. The detector at Colliersville (547.8) read out 63 degrees and the detector at Richmondville (528.1) read... (more)

"Royal Hudson" 2860 is a former Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 owned by the province of British Columbia. In March of 1977, the streamlined engine and its train – which normally operated on the British... (more)

Merry Christmas. CP 9824 leads the Holiday Train toward its first stop of the day in Oneonta, while NS 9925 waits for the train to clear before heading south to Binghamton. Note the classic... (more)

CPR's premier steam excursion locomotive, "The Empress," is highballing eastbound to Winona, Minn., doubleheading with Milwaukee Road 261. The pretty ladies pulled 15 CP and MILW passenger cars fr... (more)

CP 2816 and Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 are heading east from Minneapolis to La Crosse, Wis., along the CPR's ex-Milwaukee Road main line along the Mississippi River.

CP Hudson 2816 crosses the St. Croix over the exSoo Line bridge at the southern end of the beautiful St. Croix valley.

Back to the Fifties. Portrait of a CP H1b. Westbound at MP 33 near Marine.

The Dresser Stationmaster hoops-up the TOs to CP 2816 pulling the Dresser Local as it flies by the Dresser Depot on the return trip to Minneapolis.

On the way back home after a weekend of successful excursions in the Chicagoland area, CP 2816 highballs Columbus.

I set up my shot at this location before anyone else had arrived. When the photo line formed in front of me, it just made the shot more interesting.

Steam in the big city. With the Loop as a back drop, the 2816 rounds the curve at Hanson Park.