This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Victory lap. For both the Empress and the photographer. In 2011, my last visit to see her in action was met with "diesel substitute" as she went down with repair. She was repaired, tes... (more)

The CPKC Golden Spike Special flies past the old grain elevator in Drake, ND.

The Final Spike Tour Train At Dunmore AB.

With millions of miles down in a previous life CP 2816 "The Empress" ran on tours up until '08 when it was pulled from service. After being put in storage for years the Canadian Pacific ... (more)

With the CPKC Final Spike Steam Tour coming up, here is a look back at another CP 2816 steam tour. Here is a shot of CP 2816 leading the International Heavy Haul Technical Tour Special passing b... (more)

CP 2816 approaches Blackfalds as it heads south on the Leduc Sub.

On a cool, grey first day of spring, CP 2816 passes Netook Siding as it heads south on the Red Deer Sub.

CPKC giving their steam engine a shakedown run seen hear heading south on the Red Deer Sub.

With the skyline of Alberta's Capital City providing the backdrop, The Empress shoves into the rarely used South Edmonton Yard. The rails end about a mile north of here, by the old CPR South Edmon... (more)

On a cool October morning, CP 2816 blasts out of Edmonton, bound for Calgary with CPKC 40B-18. The Empress put on quite a show on the first trip back to Alberta's Capital City and drew large crow... (more)

The Empress is back! CP 2816 rolls into Okotoks, Alberta on a beautiful summer morning.

CP 2816 and CP 4106 highball over the Little Bow River in Carmangay, Alberta on a test run from Calgary to Lethbridge.

A special run for CP 2816 with a complete and filled GO train set tacked onto the tail end for a run from Toronto Union station to Campbellville and return.

Royal Canadian Pacific steam special