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Do you think they’ll call this trip the “Super Continental?!?!”
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Southern Pacific 4449 made the long trek from Portland, OR, to Owosso, MI back in 2009 for Train Festival (4,600 mile round trip)Erroneous Monk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:19 pmImpressive itinerary, when's the last time a steam loco took on a trip of this magnitude?
I forgot about this one.
I was thinking of the 4449’s impressive trip from Washington to Owosso and back in 2009. I ran into multiple people from across the country chasing 765 on the INER last fall who recalled that trip and the opportunities it provided.Erroneous Monk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:19 pmImpressive itinerary, when's the last time a steam loco took on a trip of this magnitude?
Just saw that Trains.com posted the return schedule a few days ago! Here's the link: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... team-tour/Robertrains wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 5:46 pmFolks, I caught this train led by CP 2816 on a trip with "Railfan Gary" Sample! We left Friday May 3rd, chased it May 5 and 6, came home May 7th!!!! We went to Illinois/Wisconsin/Minnesota to catch the Canadian Pacific Kansas City® "Finial Spike Steam Train!!!!" "Once in a Lifetime" event! The train is now in Kansas City, MO and I read the first CPKC painted GE ES44AC engine, #9375 is now there with the consist! This is cool! OK, here is what I would like to do: I would like to go catch the return train heading back north even if it is not steaming!![]()
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The Mexico City, MX event is scheduled for June 7th! Then an event in Winnepeg, Manitoba June 30th! Does anyone know the routing it will take back north? "Mazon" and I would probably go to Illinois! Yet we will need to give three weeks notice for vacation time at our work (Marshalls®)! How can I find out what days it will be back in Illinois?
I would guess mid June! This seems hard to figure out! Please help!!!!
GrandTrunkPontiac, I have figured more info since your post May 18th! Today, May 30, CP 2816 arrived into Mexico for the first time!!!! Now, "Mazon" and I decided to travel to Iowa in order to catch CP 2816 and were planning on going to Davenport for their June 18th arrival! Last week I found out that they were offering a trip on Iowa Interstate® with CP 2816 June 29th!GrandTrunkPontiac wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 10:42 pmJust saw that Trains.com posted the return schedule a few days ago! Here's the link: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... team-tour/Robertrains wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 5:46 pmDoes anyone know the routing it will take back north? "Mazon" and I would probably go to Illinois! Yet we will need to give three weeks notice for vacation time at our work (Marshalls®)! How can I find out what days it will be back in Illinois? I would guess mid June! This seems hard to figure out! Please help!!!!
Unfortunately for us, they're taking a different route back up north, hitting Kansas City again, but then going straight north through Iowa and Minnesota, bypassing Illinois, so you'll have to travel twice as far now if you want to catch them again.