News photos: ‘Empress’ in Illinois
'Last Spike Steam Tour' train arrives at Bensenville Yard; display set for Wednesday in Franklin Park
BENSENVILLE, Ill. — Canadian Pacific No. 2816 and the ‘Final Spike Steam Tour’ have reached Chicago.
Well, technically, Bensenville, Ill., the home of CPKC’s yard west of the city
and adjacent to O’Hare Airport. That’s where the locomotive is laying over after its
two-day trip from St. Paul, Minn., prior to Wednesday’s display in Franklin Park, Ill.
Metra employee and photographer Mark Llanuza made arrangements to capture these
images within Bensenville Yard of the locomotive and the CPKC executive train as it
swung off the Union Pacific line used by CPKC as a cutoff from Tower A-20 on Metra’s
Milwaukee District-North line to B-17 on the Milwaukee District-West. The still active
Tower B-17 building is visible in the background of the photo at top, behind the train’s dome car.
The UP line is above the retaining wall in both shots.
The display in Franklin Park will be at the small park at 9748 Franklin Avenue
that includes the preserved Tower B-12. Display time is 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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