LAREDO, Texas — The Final Spike Steam Tour has entered the third country on its itinerary.
This morning, the train celebrating the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger crossed into Mexico, a historic moment underscoring the three-nation linkage created by the CPKC merger and marking the first trip into that country for CP 4-6-4 No. 2816. The locomotive is shown crossing the Rio Grande at the International Railway Bridge between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; in the foreground is the second bridge under construction at the site [see “KCS breaks ground for second span of international bridge …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 1, 2022].
The train is working its way south to a June 7 display date in Mexico City; after some additional time in Mexico, it will return to the U.S. in mid-June and complete its journey in Calgary on July 10. A scheduled excursion with No. 2816 in Illinois planned for late June has now been cancelled [see “Planned Illinois excursion …,” News Wire, May 30, 2024].
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