STEAM Over Rich Mountain and Caddo Lake! Chasing CP 2816 from Page, OK to Mooringsport, LA!

A 2-person chase of CP 2816 "The Empress" through 4 states from Rich Mountain to the Red River Valley and Caddo Lake! Enjoy Episode 2 of "The Empress Through the Land of Belles"! Episode 3 was released 2 days ago due to some tomfoolery by CPKC regarding the NB schedule.
0:04 2816 at the Page S-curves
1:34 Powering up the Rich Mountain Grade
3:05 Crossing the Ouachita River
4:08 Leaving the Rich Mountain area near Mena
5:24 Hatfield
6:47 Pulling in for servicing at Vandervoort
8:00 A NB Manifest with a WAMX meets 2816
9:30 2816 departs Vandervoort
13:18 Rounding the curves at Wickes
14:45 S-curves at King
16:06 DeQueen Lake Road
18:03 AR 41 in Horatio
19:11 Flying around the curve at Wilton
20:23 Flying through Ogden
21:08 Crossing the Red River
21:56 Going through the defect detector at North Jury near Texarkana, TX
22:51 Oil City, LA
23:33 Crossing Caddo Lake at Mooringsport
Thanks for watching! Good luck on the NB chase to anyone who can do it!
Music: Grieg's Piano Concerto
#cpkc #2816empress #train #railroad #kansascitysouthern #ouachitas #richmountain #arklatex #steamtrain

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Glad she is out of Mexico and safe now that she’s in the States. Good video. Giday from Ottawa Ontario Canada.🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@workinghardusa]

Great video well done!

[@RailWeekly]

Excellent catches! Any idea what the story is with the two separate whistles?

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

One is a air powered 5 chime, the other is a steam powered 6 chime

[@wardy98px1]

No ditch lights lol thru them out

[@Matsu281]

Never send her to Mexico AGAIN

[@genehauser9217]

I’m so glad that it’s on the way back to Calgary Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@richardstevens801]

Did the Mexicans steal the ditch lights off of her? She had them on the way down.

[@tower137railfan]

CPKC took them off once they crossed into the USA. They only need them in Canada.