A two person chase of CP 2816 "The Empress" on the Heavener and Pittsburg Subs through the Ozarks and the Southern Midwest featuring meets with CP 6644, A KCSM Gray Ghost, a KCS MAC duo, and more! Mountain shots, curve shots, bridge shots, and way too may meets made this chase of The Empress my BEST ONE EVER! This is the last of 6 episodes dedicated to chasing CP 2816, but there is one more video about The Empress coming soon. Enjoy the video!

TIMESTAMPS
0:04 CP 2816 around the Howe, OK S-Curves
1:33 Passing Cavanal Hill at Shady Point (camera and drone shot)
2:44 Climbing out of the valley at Bunch (camera and drone shot)
4:30 SB Grain at Lyons
5:58 2816 at the 242.1 DD
7:13 Pulling in behind a ballast train at Stilwell
10:18 Q572 meeting 2816
11:58 SB Manifest meeting 2816 with an ex-AWVR unit (from Unstoppable, thanks Ethan!)
13:04 Ballast train departing Stilwell
13:35 2816 departing Stilwell
16:44 Passing Chewey Rd north of Westville
17:53 Slowing down to take the siding at Watts
21:53 C866 meeting 2816 with a Gray Ghost DPU!
22:55 2816 departing Watts
24:06 NB Ballast Train taking the siding for 2816 at Dorsey, AR
25:06 2816 passing the KCS SD70MAC-powered ballast train
26:06 Passing Wolf Creek one crossing north of Dorsey
26:57 Departing Noel, MO
29:40 Around the mountain curve at Lanagan
31:27 Around S-Curves north of Anderson
33:09 MEETING CP 6644 at Dalby and stopping for an inspector (drone shot)
38:23 Departing Dalby
41:50 Flying across the fields at Asbury (Pine St) with the 6-chime whistle (2 cameras and drone shot)
43:54 Departing Pittsburg, KS
47:09 Waking a sleeping deer at Mulberry
49:51 NB Manifest at Amoret
51:31 NB Manifest at Amsterdam
52:11 C869 at Amsterdam
52:33 2816 at Amsterdam
53:41 Servicing at Amsterdam
53:48 SB Grain train causes confusion and delay
56:16 C869 over the 96-year-old Gregory Blvd. KCS stone arch bridge
56:34 2816 over the Gregory Blvd. bridge
57:13 C869 over the 96-year-old Blue Pkwy. KCS stone arch bridge
57:29 2816 over the Blue Pkwy. bridge

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