Crews put away the train cars in Minneapolis.
Crews park the cars and prepare to get water after day 1 of the 2025 BBQ Express.
MILW 261 prepares for a run by during the lunch stop in Arlington.
MILW 261 departs Hopkins heading to Chanhassen to pick up passengers for the 2025 BBQ Express.
MILW 261 pieces together its consist for the 2025 BBQ Express. First Class car Caritas sports a 261 logo drumhead and will soon be joined to the rest of the train before departing Hopkins.
The Harvest BBQ express heads back for the lunch stop in Arlington.
261 begins its journey down the Prairie Line on this beautiful autumn morning.
261 heads into Gaylord on the BBQ Harvest Express. Though the turnaround the point was scheduled to be Arlington, the train continued to Winthrop before heading back east.
261 pushes the train back east, passing by conveniently placed tractors in Hamburg.
The 261 BBQ Harvest Express heads out of Green Isle on the Minnesota Prairie Line.
261 Excursion departing Duluth
MILW 261 slowly rolls into Glencoe as they pass the former Milwaukee Road depot in town.
The rain holds off and fall colors pop in the sun as MILW 261 leads the Gourmet Express through Cologne.
Rain pours down on Augusta as MILW 261 hauls an excursion west past the farmlands of Augusta.
Milwaukee Road 261 on static display during the 2015 Railroad Interchange Convention in Minneapolis.
