Steam Locomotive CP 2816 Needed Servicing In Harpers Ferry, Iowa Before Continuing On.. 

Jason, thank you so very much for chasing and posting this train. Job very, very Well Done, My Friend.

That’s a beautiful locomotive

Beautiful in Harpers Ferry Jason. What a shot of the steam train coming through the trees, & over the crossing just awesome. Not too far from being back in Canada now after its epic trip. Bet you & JT had a great time chasing trains in Iowa. 😊👍

After watching all your videos of this chase (and Jaw Tooth's, too), I just noticed the KCS cars mixed in with the CP. Same basic paint and style. Good seeing you guys in each other's videos.

Thanks for the great video of the stem loco , she is beautiful.

I saw the UP Big Boy roll through Ankeny Iowa a few years ago. These old steam engines are so cool!

Common practice to include diesels in the consist for breakdowns on a RR main line and to provide dynamic braking to save the old locos brake shoes. Sometimes even electrical power for pax cars heating/cooling/lights.

I never realized how big the stem loco was until the conductor stood beside her wheel.

Yeah - kar chases are NUTS Jason.

Cool thanks for sharing this with us

Great catch! Thanks!

There is another Harper's Ferry, its the original, and its on the east coast, it recently suffered a devastating bridge fire, that shut down both freight and passenger traffic until repairs can be made.

That rock would have been a good place to be on top to take pictures of trains

Thanks for the video

Good job Jason!

That bell is kick-ass!!

While this was a nice fancy affair in the back of your mind you do start rolling some dollar figures around. It does take deeper Pockets to run one these days so we have to appreciate them while we can

That was a nice white pickup truck in the middle of the video 3:41 🔆

nice video

Had to look it up as I cannot tell from the videos, CP 2816 is a 4 - 6 - 4.

SD70MAC is for PTC

People getting all bent out of shape about the steamer not doing all the work are funny. Hudsons are pretty well known to be not great at starting trains or climbing much of a grade at all - they're great at speed, but they have pretty low tractive effort - only around 45,000 pounds without booster - because there are more unpowered axles than there are powered ones. They all have/had booster trucks for a reason.

Question of the day. Does the heat from a steam locomotive set off the defect detectors? Inquiring minds want to know.

I'm sorry, I have little interest in watching a great steam locomotive be shoved up a grade by a couple of diesels. I have chased steam all over the US and Canada for the past 35+ years and this does nothing for me. 2816 is being shoved along most of this trip and the Classic F-units were being dragged along for show. I know I sound like a steam snob, but this is sad. One of my fondest memories was being on the 3 day, 385 mile long Cariboo special from BCRails shops in West Vancouver to Kelly Lake and back.....all behund steam in some of the most beautiful remote areas of Western BC....no diesels, just 100% CP Steam...behind CP 3716.

So what is in cars 2, 3, and 4 behind the locomotive? Fuel oil and water?

It is easier to get the train moving with diesel assist.

Get shot you got on the train coming around the curve or The Farmhouse is correct of the train it would be real nice if it was in the fall with all the colors on the trees

Now that CP and a Mexican Railroad are in cahoots how come the Mexican railroad doesn't have a locomotive on it