The "Empress" crosses the Mighty Mississippi in Sabula, bound for Nahant Yard in Davenport.

CP 2816 is nearing its destination of Portage as it crosses the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells, WI.

Putting on one heck of a show out of Bensenville Yard, CP 2816 prepares to obliterate Tower B17 on its way to Nahant Yard in Davenport, IA.

On a beautiful morning in the Twin Cities, CP 2816 makes its departure out of Pigs Eye Yard with a nice plume of smoke to boot. In charge of the Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour, the "Empre... (more)

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)

Hard to figure out what to do here in Bellevue with the 100 other photographers. The CP business train wasted no time making the 76 miles trek from Marquette to Bellevue today in 2 hour 20 minutes... (more)

The Royal Canadian Pacific departs Thunder Bay passing the historic Canadian Northern Railway depot (constructed in 1905) on the left.

Double holiday train equipment deadheads east to be split and prepped for their respective runs westbound across Canada & the US.

Unfortunately led by an SD70, but in a paint job/rebuild that I'm damn glad happened, CP 7019 leads the Royal Canadian Pacific eastbound on the Heron Bay Subdivision backdropped by Lake Superior.

With mount McKay in the backdrop, after a townhall meeting at the shops Royal Canadian Pacific backs up the north main to the depot to pickup the big cheese himself CEO Keith Creel for the trek ea... (more)

The royal Canadian Pacific business train heads south into Davenport, closing in on Nahant Yard.

Passing some riverfront homes in Harpers Ferry, the royal Canadian Pacific business train rolls south behind an A-B-B set of covered wagons.

In the midst of its trip to Davenport for the night, CP's royal business train rolls south through Harpers Ferry, IA. It was nice to see the train running again with a solid set of F units, instea... (more)

After stopping for a few minutes to reinitialize PTC, the CP covered wagons open it up to continue their trip south to Davenport for the night. A collection of geese on the Mississippi River scatt... (more)

The royal business train exits the street running portion of Bellevue and prepares to put the hammer down outside of town.