CP's steam excursion heads towards Sturtevant, WI and its own rails. It's on the UP cutoff around O'Hare.

After being wyed, CP 2816 and insurance GP38-2 are in run 8 screaming westbound toward Bensenville.

The steam special backs out of CUS enroute to old Milw. Rd. Pacific Jct., where the train will by wyed and dead head back west toward Bensenville yard for lay over until the holiday weekend's excu... (more)

The Royal Hudson makes her much awaited appearance in the heart of Chicago, rounding the many curves into the north side of Chicago Union Station.

CP 2816 backs out of Union Station amidst the glass and steel skyscrapers of Chicago's Loop.

The Royal Hudson gallops through Sturtevant.....of all the trains to run wrong main this was the last one I would've wanted.....a quick switch of lenses and this image was produced.....

Resting overnight in Milwaukee, the Hudson steams into Chicagoland tomorrow.

CP Empress Eastbound In The Fraser Canyon

CPR Hudson 2816 stands at Shorham after bringing in a special passenger train from Canada. In a few days it will head towards Milwaukee and other points east.

Near Midnight, CPR 4-6-4 2816 sits idle at the ex-Soo Line Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis, the first steam locomotive to visit the facility since 2004. Though the Soo never rostered any 4-6-4s it d... (more)

CP 2816 and a vintage 1940s era cab pose at the Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls, now the City Hall. The engine was en route from Calgary to Minneapolis.

After spending the night in Thief River Falls, the Empress steams south toward its destination in Minneapolis.

CP 2816 is just outside of virden as she will be rolling into town with some of the nicest manitobian railfans u could meet. Dedicated to those guys who were out there today espically Murray Hamm... (more)

The Empress crosses over the High Level Bridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, on one of her many runs over the bridge that day. The bridge is 307 feet tall and one mile and forty seven feet long, making ... (more)

2816 steams past Storm Mountain viewpoint on a great morning