With millions of miles down in a previous life CP 2816 "The Empress" ran on tours up until '08 when it was pulled from service. After being put in storage for years the Canadian Pacific ... (more)

With the CPKC Final Spike Steam Tour coming up, here is a look back at another CP 2816 steam tour. Here is a shot of CP 2816 leading the International Heavy Haul Technical Tour Special passing b... (more)

CP 2816 approaches Blackfalds as it heads south on the Leduc Sub.

On a cool, grey first day of spring, CP 2816 passes Netook Siding as it heads south on the Red Deer Sub.

CPKC giving their steam engine a shakedown run seen hear heading south on the Red Deer Sub.

With the skyline of Alberta's Capital City providing the backdrop, The Empress shoves into the rarely used South Edmonton Yard. The rails end about a mile north of here, by the old CPR South Edmon... (more)

On a cool October morning, CP 2816 blasts out of Edmonton, bound for Calgary with CPKC 40B-18. The Empress put on quite a show on the first trip back to Alberta's Capital City and drew large crow... (more)

The Empress is back! CP 2816 rolls into Okotoks, Alberta on a beautiful summer morning.

CP 2816 and CP 4106 highball over the Little Bow River in Carmangay, Alberta on a test run from Calgary to Lethbridge.

A special run for CP 2816 with a complete and filled GO train set tacked onto the tail end for a run from Toronto Union station to Campbellville and return.

Royal Canadian Pacific steam special

CP 2816 makes a stop at the depot in Banff on a rainy day in June 2011. This was the only time (so far) that I was able to see this beauty of a beast in action this close up.

CP 2816 east receives some attention as it pauses at Selim.

Canadian Pacific’s colorful H1b Hudson No. 2816, the “Empress,” is at the Banff, Alberta, station with a passenger train operated for the Lexington Group on October 01, 2010.