The Final Spike Anniversary train rolls over Prairie Island, past the distinctive Soo Line signals at Blackbird East.

Canadian Pacific 2816 (The Empress) leading the Final Spike Steam Tour through Monroe Center, Illinois

Gravel roads turned to mud as moderate rains soaked the area on May 2, 2024... but that didn't stop us from using them during the Final Spike Steam Tour. Here 2816 and company round a curve eas... (more)

Moderate rain soaks the area as Canadian Pacific 2816 races from Glenwood to Minneapolis on its "Final Spike Steam Tour". The 1930-built Empress put on a spectacular display of steam ... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2816 races east on her tri-national tour celebrating the CPKC merger, traversing Canada, USA, and Mexico (and return). Here, the train is about an hour east of Glenwood, having... (more)

Steamrail Victoria's R711 is seen working up the bank through Darnum with the Morwell Rose Garden Festival Train.

Steamrail's R711 is seen flogging it out of Morwell bank on 8497 from Melbourne to Morwell for the International Rose Garden Festival.

On the transfer run from Newport to Flinders Street, Steamrail's R711 is seen passing through Yarraville on a cool Saturday. R711 is running out to Morwell for the Morwell International Rose Garde... (more)

Running tender first, Steamrail's R711 races through Seddon Station, Melbourne with a Passenger Car transfer to Southern Cross Station before heading to Ballarat as the Eureka Express... Date 2... (more)

NYC 4-6-4 5396 leads train 41 at Saint Louis Missouri in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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.

The Empress leads train 80B across the Mississippi River at Camden, MN en route to it's display at St Paul, MN.

Pouring it on at Bloomburg. Charging through the little town of Bloomburg, Texas, we catch CPKC's big Hudson #2816 "Empress" pouring out a little smoke for my camera as she takes ... (more)

Passing freight at Vandervoort. Holding for servicing in the little yard at Vandervoort, Arkansas, near Milepost 401.6, the CPKC's "Final Spike Steam Tour" train is about to be pa... (more)

"In The Clouds" In the photograph taken from a drone at an altitude of 300 feet, the steam train emerges as a captivating centerpiece against a dramatic, rain-drenched backdrop. The tra... (more)