On the last day of the Final Spike Tour, CP 2816 approaches 84 St E in Calgary as it passes through the former hamlet of Shepard.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North near LaCrescent.

CP 2816 approaches SK Highway 617 as it heads from Brandon, MB to Moose Jaw, SK on the third last day of the Final Spike Tour.

After a several week tour CP's 2816 heads north back to Canada as it passes the farmlands of Iowa.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through Clinton.

As seen from across the river in Port Byron, CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through LeClaire.

CP's 2816 makes a run for Davenport as it passes thru Muscatine Iowa.

2816 approaches La Crescent as it nears the end of the Marquette Sub. Seriously couldn't have asked for better light on this train.

The Empress - CP 2816 - gets to call it a day and spend the night in Thief River Falls. Tomorrow is a relatively short run up to Winnipeg along the route of the Soo Line's Winnipeger which last r... (more)

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North near LaCrescent in some beautiful storm lighting.

In a dramatic scene, 2816 heads up the last few miles of the Marquette Sub as the sky opened up, making for some incredible stormlight on the final stretch to La Crescent.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through Waterworks in Davenport.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train North through the streets of Lansing.

CP 2816 trundles north along the sharp curves of the Marquette Sub with a warrant to Kains to meet the southbound 260.

After a perfectly executed meet with eastbound train 246, CP 2816 leans into the banked curve at Donehower West and into the setting sun.