With a Twin Cities and Western GP38-2 pulling back, Milwaukee Road 261 pushes eastward back to Minneapolis a bit west of Gaylord.
Milwaukee Road 261 heads WB east of Winthrop, it will make a stop in Winthrop for lunch, then will head back East to the Twin Cities pulled back by a TCW locomotive.
Milwaukee Road 261 heads through Green Isle, MN on its way to Winthrop on a rare mileage trip on the Minnesota Prairie Line, a former Minneapolis and St. Louis rail line. This is the first time si... (more)
Change of plans! The 765 broke down on the wye in cadillac so GLC 398 is called in to return the train to Ithaca.
Amtrak Heritage unit #156 leads the Friends of the 261 Fall Color Excursion over the Kettle River in Sandstone, MN.
Amtrak 156 fills in for the MILW 261 which is currently getting rebuilt. The train looked sharp with a solid set of Milwaukee cars.
The Fall Color Special heads west across the Mississippi River Bridge while a couple fishing look on.
The Nickel Plate Road 765 steams along a field just south of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, on a beautiful October morning making its way north to Cadillac, Michigan, for the SRI Fall Color Steam special... (more)
