MILW 261 accelerates out of Mendota, IL now headed for Galesburg, IL. Note our friend Kevin A. Sadowski sticking his head out the 2nd Amtrak engine.
MILW 261 slows to 50 MPH to cross the diamond at Earlville, IL.
MILW 261 deadheading for layover at BNSF's Western Ave. Yard.
MILW 261 slows as it moves through some crossovers, this make for a great shot with the Sears Tower.
MILW 261 heads out of CUS headed toward BNSF's Western Ave. Yard.
MILW 261 stops briefly to get it's line up into CUS.
MILW 261 slowly pulls into CUS as smoke fills the air.
Milwaukee Road 261 on the IC&E Marquette Subdivision taking part in the 2004 Grand Excursion.
Grand Excursion Special east of Geneseo, IL, on its way to Bureau Junction.
The Grand Excursion special backs across the Mississippi River towards Savanna to service the engine for the return trip to the Quad Cities.
Milwaukee 261 and the Grand Excursion train take on passengers in downtown Davenport, IA. The crowds really turned out to see the classic machine.
The cab of 261 glows with the 24 hour caretaking the locomotive receives. Two crew members keep the boiler running overnight.
Milwaukee Road 261 quietly steams in Rock Island awaiting the next days journey to Bureau, IL and back.
MILW 261 rolls around one of the many curves on the IC&E along the Mississippi River.
The Grand Excursion special crosses the IC&E causeway heading through Sabula, IA destined for Savanna, IL, just across the Mississippi River.
