Two Caterpillar powered locomotives run westbound past a soybean field waiting to be harvested near Buffalo Lake, MN.

This curve east of Buffalo Lake is pretty much the scenic highlight of the TC&W through here, but two RRVW locomotives in their older paint scheme look nice pulling the Ruebel Turn westbound on th... (more)

Last year's main steam event on the first annual National Train Day (Saturday, May 10, 2008) was the Lerro Productions' charter of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261, seen here passing the ex-Milwaukee Buff... (more)

Through the fog. With the westbound photo charter over and the weather getting worse, Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 prepares to drop its gondolas in the siding near the Buffalo Lake grain elevat... (more)

261 stomps by the Milwaukee Road depot at Buffalo Lake, Minnesota with a short freight train.

Extra 261 passes the Buffalo Lake depot on a damp spring day with a cut of gons to be dropped off on the west side of town.

Milwaukee Road 261 highballs through Buffalo Lake and past the Milwaukee Road depot with a freight train in the rain on a photo charter arranged by Lerro Productions on the Twin Cities & Western e... (more)

Highball 261! Chris Pitzen and the big 4-8-4 pose at the Buffalo Lake depot. Thanks to Lerro Productions.