It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Yesterday I got to do something special steam related. I went to Union Station in Kansas City to see the Canadian Pacific 2816 "Empress" locomotive which now belongs to the new CPKansasCity merger. It is on a very special trip that spans from Canada to Mexico, the longest trip a steam locomotive has ever made for a specific trip. This locomotive is in a movie we have called Rocky Mountain Express, a beautifully filmed Imax type movie that I highly recommend to watch if you can get a chance. I chose this photo, even though there were a lot of people in it but it showed a bit of action. I was disappointed that I did not get to se the engine moving. They had moved it early in the morning it turns out, probably due to the main line traffic on the rail it had to travel on to the station. I was also a bit disappointed because it is traveling with some old F Unit diesels but had a new one with it, probably due to the main line travel. It was still cool to see and I am glad I went. I also chose this image because it was more easy to see the color of it which is a lovely paint scheme.
At least you had a chance to see it
ReplyDeleteAgreed, it's a gorgeous locomotive.
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