Entering Bensenville yard limits, the CP 2816 was moving at about 10mph, allowing for almost perfect timing with an American Airlines MD83 on final to O'Hare.
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)
Pulled by 2 spotless MLW's, the Southend Picnic Train approaches the NYS Rt. 7 overpass. For the first 3 years of ownership, CP had an annual employee/family picnic at Oneonta. The Southend train ... (more)
CP 2816 rolls along the Mississippi River with a special for the Milwaukee Road Historical Association which operated from Minneapolis to La Crescent, Minn., and return.