CP 40B snaking down the River Sub in the first sunrays of the day.

Ex Peoria Western FP9 now owned by TVRM

The length of the siding here allowed for an at-speed meet, so timing was pretty good for the KCSM DPU to slide by the accelerating Holiday Express.

The KCS Holiday Express is in Laredo Yard and the entire staging area has been cleared out for visitors, allowing for this view of the power. With a limited window on sunlight, I figured it'd be ... (more)

This ended up being one of my favorite chases of the year, for numerous reasons. The Holiday Express with "Shreveport" leading back to Shreveport.

#2 gets to be #1 today on the run from Laredo to Shreveport. The only other time I've seen it lead was when they had to run around the train in a city they couldn't pull directly into, rather ha... (more)

The Holiday Express has quickly recrewed, toned up UP for their permission to swing around town onto their rails and head north. Initially, UP had cleared a path for them to run like the wind, bu... (more)

With the combined CP & KCS, they were able to provide three holiday themed trains across the USA this year. The KCS Holiday Express handled 13 dates across Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. As i... (more)

One of the factors to take into consideration when planning a chase across this territory for KCS (now CPKC) is..."how badly will UP stab them". There is actually a lot of traffic on CP... (more)

A different kind of Duval County. Mere mention of "Duval" conjures up images of a concrete jungle in North Florida. This Duval is situated in South Texas with very little concrete and no jungle.... (more)

At the crack of dawn on a Sunday morning, the KCS Holiday Express is making its way from Laredo back to Shreveport. This was the first trip for the special to the border city and, I heard, the cr... (more)

The CPKC Holiday Train heads back north from Laredo through the town of Wharton Texas going passed the old Southern Pacific depot at sunset.

KCS 1, 2, and 3 lead the 2024 Holiday Excursion through North Louisiana on the morning of November 30th, 2024.

Canadian Pacific's business train fires along at track speed through Crow River, just outside of Belgrade, in a perfectly timed pocket of sun on an otherwise overcast spring morning.

AC, Algoma Central FP9 1750, at Hawk Junction, Ontario. September 23, 1995. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo