Rush Creek Bridge

CPKC's FIFA World Cup Special crosses the Rush Creek Viaduct in Liberty as it approaches the end of it's journey from Calgary to Kansas City. Although this set of Canadian Pacific varnish is running on former CP rails, this line was originally constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad starting in 1885 and opening in 1887. In 1930-1931, both the Milwaukee Road and Rock Island worked on track improvements between Polo and Kansas City, with the Rush Creek Bridge completed in 1931. Although the original top half of the bridge was replaced by Canadian Pacific in 2019, the columns and approaches are still original to the days of the MILW and CRI&P. Nowadays, the CPKC and UP share this bridge.

 

Although the streamlined A-B-A set of EMDs on the point of the consist are dressed up in Canadian Pacific's maroon and grey livery, the locomotives actually originate from their neighbor up north; Canadian National. CP 1401 is an EMD FP9A originally built as CN 6541 in July 1958, CP 1900 is an EMD F9B built as CN 6612 in January 1955 and CP 4107 is an EMD FP9A built as CN 6526 in May 1957. Though all three eventually changed hands to Via Rail, CP 1401 and CP 1900 ended up on the Nebkota while CP 4107 ended up on the Ohio Central. Eventually the power was aquired by Canadian Pacific for their business train fleet, and still retain their CP colors almost 3 years after the merger with the KCS.

 

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CPKC Kansas City Subdivision / UP Trenton Subdivision

Liberty, Missouri, USA

June 12, 2026

Canon EOS 77D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

 

2026 River Gabbert

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