The air pressure gauges have read 0 PSI for a long time. Perhaps one day, CPR Royal Hudson 2860 will live again and the "boiler empty" placard can be stowed.

On its way to Los Angeles for promotional purposes, British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) rounds the famed Tehachapi Loop as it climbs up and over the Tehachapi... (more)

As the British Columbia display train nears its destination, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, BC 4-6-4 2860 has not gotten onto Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, on which Southern Pacific has ... (more)

Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (more)

The Royal Hudson steam locomotive #2860 is shunting at the Vancouver North yard before hauling its train to Squamish. Unfortunately, this beautiful engine is no more in operation today. The Royal... (more)

BCOL 2860, The Royal Hudson, exits a tunnel at MP 20, Tunnel Point, just north of Brunswick Beach, BC, along Howe Sound. The train is making its return trip from Squamish back to North Vancouver w... (more)

West Coast Railway Association's 4069 hustles its excursion train north on the much beloved, and missed, BC Rail main line.

Royal Hudson 2860 steams its excursion train across a wood trestle on BC Rail's mainline in West Vancouver. The train operated during tourist season from 1974 until 2001, and 2860 ran until 1999. ... (more)

British Columbia's Royal Hudson 2860 leads its daily excursion train south over a vintage wood trestle located on BC Rail's mainline in West Vancouver. It would be replaced by a modern steel and c... (more)

CP 2860, the Royal Hudson, makes its excursion along Howe Sound near Tunnel Point on its southbound return from Squamish to North Vancouver, BC. There are few more beautiful places to be on a sunn... (more)

The Royal Hudson Excursion train prepares to leave Golden, BC to head west to Kamloops on its return from a tour that took in across Canada from Vancouver, returning via the Soo Line through the u... (more)

CP 3716 peeks out of the roundhouse in downtown Vancouver on a rainy June day. The 2-8-0 was restored to operating condition in 1975 and worked on the Coast with Royal Hudson 2860 until that cease... (more)

The Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 steam locomotive #3716 is seen here in 1981 in the North Vancouver shed. #3716 served as a backup locomotive to the #2860 Royal Hudson.

The Royal Hudson #2860 is prepared for a next excursion trip to Squamish in the North Vancouver shed. Unfortunately, this beautiful locomotive is no more operational today. It would be nice to see... (more)

Royal Hudson 2860 glides west along a reflection pond at Moberly, BC as it returns its train west to North Vancouver after touring eastern Canada and part of the U.S. as the Captain Cook Excursion... (more)