News photos: The Empress returns north

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Final Spike Steam tour made its way from Nahant Yard, south of Davenport, Iowa, to Dubuque, Iowa, on Monday, July 1, as “the Empress,” CP Class H1b Hudson 4-6-4 No. 2816, works its way back to its home base in Calgary, via a planned July 6 display date in Winnipeg, Manitoba. These images capture the steam special making its way along the route following the Mississippi River that is a key link in the CP-KCS merger the trip is celebrating.