CP H1b 4-6-4 2816 with a westbound special heads into the sunset as it approaches Medicine Hat Alberta after a run from Moose Jaw Sask.
CP Hudson 2816, The Empress, heads a westward train across the Saskatchewan Alberta border east of Medicine Hat. The train was used for double head excursions with MILW 261 along the Mississippi s... (more)
The Empress heads east through the Kicking Horse Canyon and under the 90 metre high Park Bridge. That is an IMAX camera mounted above the driver pistons.
Steaming upgrade on a chilly summer morning west of Lake Louise, 2816 makes an incredible sight headed up the east slope of Kicking Horse Pass
The Empress overnights in the dark reaches of the yard as the night traffic passes by on the Main.
Steaming up out of Lake Louise westbound on the original mainline, now the south track used by eastbounds, 2816 puts out a cloud of steam taking a run at the 1.8% east slope of Kicking Horse Pass
The Empress is working hard coming out of Lake Louise to the Kicking Horse summit at Divide. Even the weather couldn't diminish the beautiful sight and sound of a steam locomotive climbing a grad... (more)
After 20 months out of service undergoing an overhaul CP Empress 4-6-4 2816 makes a shakedown run from Calgary east to Bassano on Sunday June 6th
CP 2816 heads for Kenora. This was the first trip to the eastern part of Canada since this unit was restored in 2001.
2816 steams through Banff, creating quite a show for whoever's watching! Of interest are the two snowplows on the left side of the frame, under the summit of Mount Inglismaldie
2816 steams through Morant's Curve on a fine autumn day.
The evening before its last double-header with Milwaukee Road 261, CP 2816 basks in the glow of the setting sun.
Mainline steam double-header features CP Royal Hudson 2816 with Milwaukee Road 261 heading north along CP's River Sub through Wabasha, Mn. The clean stacks indicate that the engines are having an... (more)
Canadian Pacific 2816 teams up with Milwaukee Road 261 for a doubleheader as they speed west through Maple Springs, MN.
Another day sets as Empress 2816 returns to roost at Ogden yard.
