On 12 Jul 2005 Canadian Pacific Railway's Hudson steam
locomotive number 2816, the Empress, set out on a tour of CPR's southern route
through British Columbia. The journey was to leave Vancouver following the Fraser
and Thompson Rivers to Kamloops then on to Golden where the train would turn south
along the Windermere Valley and eventually climb east through the Crows Nest Pass.
The original scheduled stops were North Bend, Kamloops, Golden, Cranbrook,
Lethbridge, and finally Calgary.
But it didn't turn out that way.
CP 2816 East was detoured enroute due to bridge damage along the route caused by
heavy rain. As a result, the train remained at Fort Steele overnight, then
retraced it's track back to Golden taking the mainline to Calgary through the
Spiral Tunnels.
Photos taken in the canyons on the first leg of this trip were first published here
on 13 Jul 2005. In the meantime, several other photographs have
graciously been offered and are now included here in this revised web page. All of
these additional photos were provided by Joseph Taylor. Click on any thumbnail
image below to view a full-size image:
Click any square located on the map below to view the photos originally included
with this page. On this particular tour the train consisted of the following
equipment:
- CP 2916 and tender
- Canteen Car
- Diesel B unit - CP 1900
- Passenger Equipped Box Car - CP 29114
- Tool Car - CP 96
- Coach Ernest "Smoky" Smith, VC - CP 102
- Coach "Dominion" - CP 101
- Coach "H.B. Bowen - CP 110
- Ex-Milwaukee Road Baggage Car "Shoreview" - NSR 9107
- Business Car "Lamberts Point" - ?
- Dome Observation Car "Silver Solarium" with CPR letter boards - ?
Click on any square to see the photo taken at that location:
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