Impressed by the Empress. The Final Spike Tour: Day One has passed thru Medicine Hat and is going towards the yard in Dunmore for the night. The Hydrogen unit #1001 will be pulled off the consis... (more)

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)

On its way to Los Angeles for promotional purposes, British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) rounds the famed Tehachapi Loop as it climbs up and over the Tehachapi... (more)

As the British Columbia display train nears its destination, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, BC 4-6-4 2860 has not gotten onto Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, on which Southern Pacific has ... (more)

Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (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.

The Royal Hudson steam locomotive #2860 is shunting at the Vancouver North yard before hauling its train to Squamish. Unfortunately, this beautiful engine is no more in operation today. The Royal... (more)

BCOL 2860, The Royal Hudson, exits a tunnel at MP 20, Tunnel Point, just north of Brunswick Beach, BC, along Howe Sound. The train is making its return trip from Squamish back to North Vancouver w... (more)

Santa Fe train number 4, the California Limited, is seen approaching Lamar Colorado in 1950. ATSF 3455 is coupled to EMD F3A number 24. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.