The Empress, a nearly 100-year old train, is on a month long tour from Canada to Mexico. On Friday, it will stop in Davenport, where people can take photos and walk through a pop-up museum.
Spokesperson Terry Cunha says the tour is meant to celebrate one year since Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern combined their routes.
"So the Final Spike Steam Tour is our way of celebrating that one year anniversary of our new joint entity as CPKC. More importantly, it's also an opportunity to celebrate that this is the only class-one railroad that is able to operate in Canada, the United States and Mexico."
After the merger, the company now owns 20,000 miles of railway. Cunha says touring The Empress, built in 1930, is the best way to celebrate because of the train's long history.
"It operated until 1960 when it was then donated to a museum for several decades. CP Rail reacquired it in the late 90s and they went through a two year refurbishment. It made stops across Canada, two stops across the United States, it was then retired in the late 2000s."
For the past two years, CPKC has worked to restore The Empress again, but Cunha says it will not make regular journeys after the tour.
The event will take place from 2-5pm on Friday at Quinlan Court in Davenport.