The NRHS 'circle trip' with MILW 261 departs St. Paul after a flurry of traffic at Hoffman clears, the last of which is an empty hopper train. To see the action a few minutes before, click more)
The 2004 NRHS "circle trip" saw the 261 run downriver from St. Paul to LaCrosse on the BNSF, then on the CP back up the Minnesota side of the river. Here the 261 highballs LaCrosse.