CP steamer emerges from the depths of the Bensenville yard to get a drink of water at a fireplug alongside a still active tower in 2007. How iconclastic.
CP 2816 is on the move a few miles from the Illinois line.
CP 2816 casts a spell on crew and onlookers during a service stop.
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.
CP 2816 East, steam excursion train heads back to Chicago after a brief stop at Sturtevant, WI for refreshments and to turn the train.
CP 2816 sits at Sturtevant preparing to depart eastbound to Franklin Park.
CP 2816 is captured on one of the better lit portions of the Milwaukee Sub....
Planes, trains and no automobile. The 2816 takes water as an inbound Metra passes and an airliner takes off from O'Hare field.
Steam in the country... Eastbound after lunch in Sturtevant.
Steam in the big city. With the Loop as a back drop, the 2816 rounds the curve at Hanson Park.
Hmmm.... one thing does not match the others.
The special pulls down the main about to pass under Mannheim Road.
The Hudson pulls down the tail track past Tower B17.
One is 77 years old, one is 4 years old - they both pushed and pulled passenger trains today! The 2816 was being filled with water from a fire hydrant when this inbound Metra passed by.
After unloading passengers at Franklin Park, CP 2816 heads back to Bensenville Yard to prepare for tomorrow's journey.
