Steam locomotive attracts a crowd
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Steam locomotive attracts a crowd
Hundreds of train enthusiasts gathered on July 6 at Canadian Pacific-Kansas City (CPKC) railway yard off Jarvis Street The Empress, a 94-year-old steam locomotive, on one of the last legs of its Final Spike Steam Tour.
The tour was organized to commemorate the 2023 merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City railway companies, and encompassed a 14,484-kilometre trip from Calgary to Mexico and back.
Supplied photo by Brian Schuff
Newly restored steam locomotive No. 2816, a 4-6-4 Hudson-type steam locomotive built in 1930 and originally assigned to passenger service out of Winnipeg, pulled a short train of passenger cars into the Winnipeg stop, which allowed people to visit a mobile museum exhibit and to climb aboard the locomotive. The locomotive was last in service in 1960.