The locomotive The Empressor also called The Empress 2816, will be in the Mexico City as part of your last tour and here we tell you where and when it will pass through the country’s capital.
This means of transport was manufactured in 1930 by the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) company, it is a 4-6-4 Hudson type steam locomotive, which was designed for freight and passenger service, which it did for 30 years in Canada. , until 1960.
Since then, it served as a kind of traveling steam ambassador for the Canadian Pacific company, to different cities in Canada and the United States, until it was put into storage in 2012.
However, it was recently restored to give the Final Spike Steam Tour, which will include visiting different points in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
“This special journey across the continent of steam locomotive 2816 serves to remember our past and celebrate our future. We are thrilled to share this extraordinary experience with communities across our network as we mark one year into our CPKC journey. The Final Spike anniversary steam tour will be the first steam passenger train in North America that will travel through Canada, the United States and Mexico in a single trip,” said the Canadian Pacific Kansas City company.
Since the beginning of its tour, which was on April 24, La Emperatriz will make 12 stops, the last being in Mexico City, on June 7.
Calgary, Alta. | April 24
Moose Jaw, Sask. | 28th of April
Minot, N.D. | April 30th
St. Paul, Minn. | May 3
Franklin Park, Ill. | May 8
Davenport, Iowa | May 10
Kansas City, Missouri | May 18
Shreveport, La.| May 24
Laredo, Texas | May 28
Monterrey, Mexico | may 31
Mexico City, Mexico | June 7th
Winnipeg, Manitoba | July 11
The Empress will pass through CDMX
It will be this Friday, June 7, when the La Emperatriz locomotive will pass through Mexico City, specifically at the intersection of Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca Street and Avenida Río San Joaquín, in the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office, at a time between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.
For those interested, it will be completely free to get on the carriages and take photographs, although traveling on this steam locomotive is ruled out.
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