The Dresser Stationmaster hoops-up the TOs to CP 2816 pulling the Dresser Local as it flies by the Dresser Depot on the return trip to Minneapolis.

On the way back home after a weekend of successful excursions in the Chicagoland area, CP 2816 highballs Columbus.

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.

Steam in the big city. With the Loop as a back drop, the 2816 rounds the curve at Hanson Park.

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)

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

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.

Canadian Pacific's business train rolls through brew town on its way back to Canada.

The CP Holiday Train sits at the second display location on the first night on its multi-night, multi-nation tour. Really strong winds from a fast-approaching cold front snap the Canadian flag to ... (more)

CP 3084 departs Elkhart, IN with a new crew as it splits a pair of vintage NYC style G signals on its tour of trackage rights in route to Toronto.

CP 3084 leads a CEO special down the BRC to interchange with the NS for a trip East on the Chicago Line.

British Columbia's "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-CP 2860) operated to Los Angeles in 1977 to promote tourism to the Canadian province. It is seen here southbound meeting an Amtrak "San Joaquin" in the ... (more)

Northbound TECH Train , Testing Rails North to Scrantion Pa