Steam in the country... Eastbound after lunch in Sturtevant.

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

Hmmm.... one thing does not match the others.

The special pulls down the main about to pass under Mannheim Road.

The Hudson pulls down the tail track past Tower B17.

One is 77 years old, one is 4 years old - they both pushed and pulled passenger trains today! The 2816 was being filled with water from a fire hydrant when this inbound Metra passed by.

After unloading passengers at Franklin Park, CP 2816 heads back to Bensenville Yard to prepare for tomorrow's journey.

CP 2816 storms past Tower B17 at 50mph.....

CP 4816 accelerates up to track speed just south of Sturtevant, WI.

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.

CP 2816 and IHB 4011 touch couplers almost perfectly in line with the double yellow lines at the overhyped Grand Avenue underpass 'Grand' opening. Look close and you'll see a good portion of the C... (more)

In what could amount to the most over-hyped bridge opening, CP 2816, a marching band and flag team, and the Cub Scouts, along with state representatives and local politicians, all turned out for t... (more)

CP's steam excursion heads towards Sturtevant, WI and its own rails. It's on the UP cutoff around O'Hare.

After being wyed, CP 2816 and insurance GP38-2 are in run 8 screaming westbound toward Bensenville.

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)