The Milwaukee Road 261 westbound fall color excursion from Minneapolis to Willmar meets an eastbound BNSF freight at Howard Lake.
Milwaukee 261 blasts south through the blazing fall colors along the Hinckley Sub on the return trip from Boylston. For as awesome as the color was for this chase, their were surprisingly very few... (more)
MILW 261 and SOO 2719 simmer outside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth on a cold May night. 261 has just made the trip up from the Cities, will lay over night and head back the next afte... (more)
261's Fall Colors Excursion is fresh from its service stop at Hinckley. They're running a tad behind, but nobody here seemed to care as the light and colors were pristine. A big thanks to those w... (more)
A rainy and dreary day keeps us in the car, but it can't dampen the spirits of young and old alike who have turned out to see the famous steam locomotive my three year old affectionately calls "th... (more)
DM&IR 193 shuffles cars around to build the next day's passenger trains as 261 and 2719 sit side my side steaming it up on a beautiful but chilled May night.
Legends never die... they just wait to be reborn. Taken with permission of Friends of 261 staff.
Leaving Duluth. A tagged bay window BNSF caboose and switch crew protect the shove as 261 is moved out of Duluth and wyed at Mikes Yard in the western end of town while the paper mill switch and c... (more)
A morning of battling snow squalls, hail, wind gusts and rain pays off as MILW 261 finds a sliver of sun crossing the Kettle River in rural Sandstone, MN on her way north from Minneapolis to Dulu... (more)
After backing out of Duluth, MILW 261 is now pointed for the Grassy Point swing bridge which separates Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 261 will cross the bridge and begin the trip back to Minneapoli... (more)
The Beaver Tail brings up the rear of the 261 special as it rolls into Duluth.
Looking like a scene from the Fifties, two steamers wait during the night for their next respective freight run. But alas it's National Train Day 2013 and the SOO 2719 is fired up for the occasio... (more)
MILW #261 highballs south through the rural woods of northern Minnesota on its way back to Minneapolis.
Milwaukee 261 rolls towards Minneapolis on the Hinckley Sub.
Milwaukee 261 rolls south along Rte 107 with a massive mob of chasers in pursuit.
