Canadian Pacific 2816 leading the Final Spike Steam Tour across the Mississippi River at Sabula

The "Empress" crosses the Mighty Mississippi in Sabula, bound for Nahant Yard in Davenport.

This is the first year that the CP Holiday Train has run across the system under the new CPKC banner. The train itself still had the boxcars lettered for Canadian Pacific, but the stage car was ne... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West across the historic swing bridge in Sabula.

The B38 local from Mason City to Savanna is back into Iowa after crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This job comes out of Dubuque as B38, setouts and pickups at Savanna, and rolls back to D... (more)

After the 2:30 pm show at Savanna, the Holiday train work south for the next show at Davenport. Here the train crosses the Mighty Mississippi in front of many photographers and local residents. Ni... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train rolls across the swing bridge spanning the Mississippi River at Sabula, IA, having just completed its stop in Savanna and now on its way to the next show in Davenp... (more)

The 2022 CP Holiday Train crosses the narrow ridge splitting Lake Sabula, heading out of the small community, or nicknamed “Island town” of Sabula, Iowa. In the background is the Mississippi R... (more)

After stopping for a few minutes to reinitialize PTC, the CP covered wagons open it up to continue their trip south to Davenport for the night. A collection of geese on the Mississippi River scatt... (more)

Nothing speaks summer like open waters, crisp evenings, boats, & ballast trains. Here two former SOO SD60s crawl along the Mississippi River with a string of mostly Milwaukee & PacMan ballast cars... (more)

The B38 local from Mason City to Savanna is back into Iowa after crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This job comes out of Dubuque as B38, setouts and pickups at Savanna, and rolls back to D... (more)

The B38 local shoves to Savanna on the eastbound track. This job comes out of Mason City and terminates at Savanna. This crew brings in B38 to Savanna and takes out B39 with the same power. In doi... (more)

CP ethanol train 650 twists and turns along the Mississippi River between Savanna and Samoa. The train is passing thru CTC West Savanna, as the train works towards Chicago. The train is setup in a... (more)

A pair of CP ECOs traverse the Mississippi River into Iowa on a very humid afternoon.

SSW 9646 leads an SP/SSW detour train across the Mississippi River crossing from Savanna, IL to Sabula, IA on the Soo Line's former Milwaukee Road bridge. The Mississippi experienced substantial f... (more)