Passengers are boarding the train behind Milwaukee Road 261, which is running on the Ex-MILW, now TCWR Glencoe Sub. for a Dinner Train Excursion out of Chanhassen this evening. It will be towed w... (more)

The ALCO 1944 Milwaukee Road S3 is in charge of a Friends of the 261 Trip passing the Big Gain Ag Specialists Elevator on the TCWR Glencoe Sub. for a Fall Color Excursion out of Minneapolis Jct. t... (more)

The 1944 Milwaukee Road S3 is in charge of a Friends of the 261 Trip, which is performing the 1st of 2 photo run-bys on the TCWR Glencoe Sub. for a Fall Color Excursion out of Minneapolis Jct. to ... (more)

The 1944 Milwaukee Road S3 is in charge of a Friends of the 261 Trip seen here passing over Market Avenue on the TCWR Glencoe Sub. for a Fall Color Excursion out of Minneapolis Jct. to Glencoe and... (more)

The Milwaukee Road S3 is in charge of a Friends of the 261 Trip, running on the BNSF Wayzata Sub. over the Mississippi River Main Channel en route to TC&W Rails at Cedar Creek Jct. for a Fall Colo... (more)

After being towed to Glencoe by TCWR 2300 the 261 has just arrived back in Chanhassen to allow this evening's Dinner Train Passengers to disembark. The steam engine will pull the consist back to ... (more)

TCWR 2300 is pulling the passenger train west to Glencoe where the diesel will cut away at the TC&W Shop, and the steam engine will pull the consist back to Minneapolis Jct. tonight. This train i... (more)

Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion has just returned from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to the Friends of the 261 Enginehouse at Minneapolis Jct. The crew cut the... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 leads Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion returning from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to Minneapolis on the BNSF Hinckley Sub. near Braham, MN, ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 leads Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion returning from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to Minneapolis. While encountering signal issues on the B... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 leads Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion returning from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to Minneapolis down the Ex-GN BNSF Hinckley Sub. at the Hi... (more)

Snow is falling as Milwaukee Road 261 prepares to depart St. Paul Union Depot.

Fireman Jim DeRocher aboard Milwaukee Road 261

Milwaukee 261 steams on the grounds of the St. Paul Union Depot during its annual "North Pole Express" runs.

Steamtown's new visitor center opening day, with the 261 being prepared to pull the 1995 NRHS convention special out of town, as No. 3254 simmers on an adjacent track. It was about 90 degrees F.,... (more)