Canadian Pacific 2816 leading the Final Spike Steam Tour through Kirkland

The 2023 CPKC Holiday Train dashes through the snow along the DeKalb County countryside on its way to one of its many show location stops at Byron, IL. Seen here passing some nicely picturesque re... (more)

KCS 4182 (SD70ACe) leads CPKC 180 through Kirkland, IL.

CP 8861 (ES44AC) leads another CP GE on CPKC intermodal train 180 through the small town of Kirkland, IL, only about 1.5 hours into its 3 day trip to Mexico.

Weed sprayer season is back, as a CPKC weed sprayer train sprays It’s way east through Kirkland with a KCS SD70MAC leader. With the recent merger, seeing consistent KCS motive power around the C... (more)

The 2022 CP Holiday Train clips right along running ahead of schedule as It just hits the outskirts of Kirkland, IL.

CP 5030, a recently rebuilt SD40-2, makes one of it's first runs on the CP Chicago Sub. As the snow falls, it kicks it right back up as it does a solid 40 mph through Kirkland, IL.

A sharp Southern Belle leads the way west on CP 473 at Kirkland.

Canadian Pacific train 473 head's westbound with a pair of Kansas City Southern unit's heading up today's train. As it roll's across the prairie land's of Northern Illinois here just east of Kirkl... (more)

SNOW!!

CP 6069 lead's train 632 eastbound at Kirkland, IL as it get's ready to go under IL RT 72.

A pair of ICE SD40-2s are about to duck under the Route 72 bridge on their journey towards the Windy City.

A frozen looking ICE unit head's west on CP 473 on a very cold day kicking up fresh powder.

CP 6229 roll's eastbound east of Kirkland, IL with this day's 472.

Running behind the 272 was a loaded ethanol train, powered by a pair of CP SD40-2's and IC&E 6102, the last IMRL painted SD40-2 on the roster.