Everyone run! A herd of cows run away from the steel giant roaring past their grazing area.

MILW 261 and consist continue west towards Glencoe as the sun sets on the last runby of the day.

A look inside the cab of the infamous MILW 261. Thanks to Joe LeMay, who watched my stuff and loaned me his bike so that I might go see 261 before our Metra train left.

Home is where the hearth is.

Fare thee well, Hiawatha... fare thee well. A special thanks to Steve Sandburg and crew for keeping the essence of the Milwaukee Road alive. A favorite from the excursion sponsored by Lerro Prod... (more)

With such a glorious sky and a magnificent plume, I decided low to the ground was the preferred angle this late Friday evening on the former Milwaukee main.

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

MILW 261 leads a gon train west through rural Minnesota just east of the town of Brownton on a rainy spring afternoon.

On a rainy Saturday, the fireman of Milwaukee Road 261 scans the countryside while the big 4-8-4 releases some extra steam as it returns light to Glencoe after the first day of Lerro's Productions... (more)

At the end of a long and successful weekend, Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 was posed next to Red River Valley & Western GP15C 4105 and two sisters. The RRV&W is a sister railroad of the Twin Cities & W... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 leads the 6pm employee train into downtown Minneapolis, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 sleeps the night away at the Amtrak Depot. 261 had just been at Union Station in Chicago filming for the new Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies.

Hey man, that's cool! A 1959 Chevy Impala poses by a 1944 Alco 4-8-4, which will be used on BNSF's Employee Appreciation Trips out of Minneapolis.

While railfanning the Midwest in 1952, I got this shot of a Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 in Glencoe, Minnesota. Unfortunately, the color Ektachrome slide has faded badly in the years since, resulting in t... (more)