MILW 261 trickles out steam & smoke while sitting in BNSF's Lower Yard at Rock Island, IL.

MILW 261 departs Hector westbound with excursion on Twin Cities and Western.

The MILW 261 on a special excursion between St. Louis Park, MN and Cologne, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 departing Minneapolis .

MILW 261 makes a photo run at the abandoned station of Augusta, MN on the Twin Cities & Western. Note the all-Milwaukee Road painted consist.

MILW 261 thunders out of Mile Creek siding at track speed trying to make up lost time on her way back to Wisconsin Dells and eventually Milwaukee.

Racing to beat a midwest downpour on the fast track behind the barn is another kind of horse.

Keeping her warm at 4:00am. Never knew how much I disliked sodium vapor lighting. 4 sec @ f5.6

The facination begins at a young age.

Milwaukee 261 gives the appearance of a light engine move as it backs it's train around the west leg of the wye at New Lisbon. The engine has just cleared US12 crossing on the old Milw. "valley" ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 throttles up after exiting the CP's Pigs Eye yard and the smoke partially obscures the Amtrak GE P42DC #74 and the nine passenger cars in tow.

One way to hide the diesel engine...