A steady rain and cool 50-degree temperature made for a damp walk on the Highway 2 bridge to capture Milwaukee Road 261 crossing BNSF's ex-NP Grassy Point Draw linking Duluth and Superior. The pos... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261, with Amtrak 184 assisting, passes by older BNSF power entering the Willmar yard.

MILW 261 is making one of its very first excursion runs on the Wisconsin Central in September of 1993. It's hard to believe this steam engine has been running for almost 23 years now.

Milwaukee Road 261 on display for a night photo shoot during Train Days at St. Paul Union Depot in downtown St. Paul, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 pulls away from the platform at St. Paul Union Depot during the Train Days night photo session on April 29.

Milwaukee Road 261 sits at St. Paul Union Depot for Union Depot Train Days (90th Anniversary of SPUD). She was just getting ready to pull ahead and off Track 1 to allow Amtrak's Westbound Empire B... (more)

The Friend of 261 make a special move through of their equipment from Minneapolis Junction to St. Paul Union Depot for the upcoming weekend's "Depot Days." MILW 261 is among other trains... (more)

The 261 Highballs south towards Minneapolis

Milwaukee 261 leads excursion from Rock Island to Bureau.

Milwaukee Road 261 returns home from Boyleston on a daytime round trip under the Highway 23 overpass in Brook Park. Also on the train as a helper is AMTK #184, the phase 4 heritage unit. AMTK #... (more)

The fall colors excursion rounds the curve in Brook Park.

Milwaukee Road 261 and the CP Holiday Train meet up at St. Paul Union Station. The Holiday Train was making a Shoreham (Minneapolis) to SPUD round trip; 261 was departing on its 7:30 run to the &... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 gets ready to depart St Paul Union Station on another exciting adventure to the North Pole to see Santa and his elf's hard at work getting the last minute preparations ready in ... (more)

While traversing scenic central Minnesota, 261 passes a rural farm, complete with a (albeit faded) red barn. Apparently the horses were startled by the iron horse, because at the time of the photo... (more)

After being turned at Willmar, 261 highballs East, back towards Minneapolis. The first town out of Willmar is tiny Kandiyohi, which features a picturesque midwest co-op grain elevator, unfortunate... (more)