Canadian Pacific 2816 east at Lake Forest, Illinois on May 6, 2024

Canadian Pacific 2816 along with FP9A's 1401 & 4107 are seen powering the "Final Spike Steam Tour" special through Lake Forest, Illinois during the beautiful afternoon of May 6, 2024.

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Awesome video bud!!!

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I’ll embarrassingly admit I got excited all too much at this. I’m someone who lived VERY CLOSE to this station growing up (at one point it was my backyard).
As a kid I dreamed of something like this passing through and missed the last few chances (765 and 1003) it was hard not to be what some may call a former! I suppose it was only natural though! My grandpa worked for the railroad after all!
I took the outing in memory of a few family members (my dad, grandparents, uncle, and family dog), hoping they’d rest easy knowing I saw what they couldn’t