CALGARY, Alberta — CPKC has released a more detailed schedule of dates, display times, and locations for its Final Spike Steam Tour, the three-nation trip featuring CP 4-6-4 No. 2816 to mark the first year of the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
The trip begins April 24 in Calgary with a display at CPKC’s head office at 7550 Ogden Dale Road from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; the U.S. portion concludes May 28 in Laredo, Texas, at CPKC’s Laredo Yard, 604 Serrano Road, with display from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Scheduled intermediate stops (all times local) include:
— April 28, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan: CPKC parking lot, 3 Manitoba Street E., noon-4 p.m.
— April 30, Minot, N.D.: Main Street North railroad crossing, 4-7 p.m.
— May 3, St. Paul, Minn: Union Depot, 214 4th Street East, 3-8 p.m.
— May 8, Franklin Park, Ill.: Franklin Park, 9748 Franklin Ave., 3-8 p.m.
— May 10, Davenport, Iowa: Quinlan Court, 101 East River Drive, 2-5 p.m.
— May 18, Kansas City, Mo.: Union Station, Haverty Family Yards, 30 West Pershing Road, noon-5 p.m.
— May 24, Shreveport, La.: CPKC Shreveport Tower Office parking lot, 4540 N. Lakeshore Drive, 4-8 p.m.
The railroad has previously said a stop is also planned in Monterrey, Mexico, on May 31 before the tour concludes in Mexico City on June 4. Details on those stops are not currently available on the English or Spanish-language CPKC websites.
More information on the tour and No. 2816 is available on the tour web page.
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