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261 To The Pole
Title:  261 To The Pole
Description:  The North Pole Express makes its arrival at the North Pole on a relbtively pleasant December afternoon. Ah to be a kid again...
Photo Date:  12/9/2017  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 6:36:54 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
Passing The Signals
Title:  Passing The Signals
Description:  The 261 passes beneath the signals at the east end of St. Paul Union Depot as the 1 P.M. run to the North Pole heads out.
Photo Date:  12/9/2017  Upload Date: 12/9/2017 8:31:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:16:58 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:17:46 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:18:31 AM
Location:  Chanhassen, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:20:56 AM
Location:  Cologne, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:21:57 AM
Location:  Cologne, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:22:26 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:23:10 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:25:16 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:26:59 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:28:10 AM
Location:  Norwood Young Americ, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:29:54 AM
Location:  Plato, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:33:56 AM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:34:50 AM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
"MILW 261 West" At Powers Blvd
Title:  "MILW 261 West" At Powers Blvd
Description:  "Milw 261 West" crosses Powers Blvd in grand style on a sunny, cool, and breezy Saturday afternoon on the second weekend in September. Many patrons were enjoying good eats on this trip, because the excursions run this weekend were dubbed the "Gourmet Express" due to the food-oriented nature of the trip. The track warrant was nevertheless issued to "MILW 261 West" when the Gourmet Express was at Tower E-14 in Minnetonka, the beginning of Twin Cities & Western-owned track.
Photo Date:  9/8/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 5:49:53 PM
Location:  Chanhassen, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:49:40 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:51:32 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:52:19 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:53:08 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:54:08 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:56:12 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:56:58 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
2018 Gourmet Express
Title:  2018 Gourmet Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating on the Twin Cities & Western.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 11:57:52 AM
Location:  Bongards, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Charging on the Main
Title:  Charging on the Main
Description:  261 leads the train past the "station" area to then reverse onto the siding.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/10/2018 4:22:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Josiah Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
MILW 261, Loram DC-4 + DC4
Title:  MILW 261, Loram DC-4 + DC4
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2018  Upload Date: 7/20/2019 3:52:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
MILW 261, RBBX 63001 + More
Title:  MILW 261, RBBX 63001 + More
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2018  Upload Date: 5/18/2019 6:58:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
MILW 261 Tender Left Side Behind
Title:  MILW 261 Tender Left Side Behind
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2018  Upload Date: 7/16/2023 1:29:46 AM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Showthme At Bass Lake
Title:  Showthme At Bass Lake
Description:  Steve and his crew brings their train, a westbound run to Glencoe, off the old Louie and onto the old Milwaukee down at what once was the sprawling Bass Lake Yard of the Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 10:22:54 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  88   Comments: 1
Back To The Fifties!
Title:  Back To The Fifties!
Description:  The Milwaukee Road Historical Association had their convention in St. Paul this year, so the Friends of the 261 put on an excursion for them and the general public, resulting in this mondo excursion consist. Note the Friends new classic diesel, still sporting Wisconsin & Southern paint and number but also a classy Hiawatha logo. Talk about "back to the fifties"!
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 10:38:01 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
"Look Up, Brother! She's Steam!"
Title:  "Look Up, Brother! She's Steam!"
Description:  Here comes Steve and the 261 crew with their 1944-vintage Alco, about t` bring their train off the old Minneapolis & St. Louis and onto the old Milwaukee Road down east of Beltline Boulevard. Note how while the lady at right is appreciating the 161, the dude jogging across the tracks reminds me of a comment David P. Morgan wanted to shout at a Canadian commuter reading his paper while a Canadian Pacific steam engine on a commuter run passed him: "Look up, brother! She's steam!"
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 10:22:16 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
Getting Up To Speed
Title:  Getting Up To Speed
Description:  Steve and the crew are starting to get their iron horse up to speed as they head west on the old Milwaukee Road at Bass Lake Yard late on a fine June Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 10:23:44 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
Here She Comes
Title:  Here She Comes
Description:  Today's westbound run, this time to Winthrop, MN, nears my vantage point, the new pedestrian grade crossing along the Twin Cities & Western down by Eden Prairie High School. Wish I had left the flash on, which would have cut the headlight glare, but oh well.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:10:37 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  117   Comments: 1
Nearing Eden Prairie Road
Title:  Nearing Eden Prairie Road
Description:  The weather for the secon day of the 261's excursions dawned gray and humid with passing showers, but the train made it out of town on time and soon was romping down the old Milwaukee Road. Here the 261 is nearing Eden Prairie Road.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:00:24 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Steamin By
Title:  Steamin By
Description:  261 now leads as the train runs by on the main track of the BNSF Midway Sub.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/25/2019 8:02:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Josiah Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
Wow!
Title:  Wow!
Description:  This was an unplanned shot, and the flash came on for this because I was fiddling with my camera settings before taking the shot. The flash cut through the humidity in the air, creating this cool effect. Not bad for a chance shot!
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:12:21 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  130   Comments: 2
E-Unit And A 4-8-4
Title:  E-Unit And A 4-8-4
Description:  The eastbound "Gourmet Express" nears Shady Oak Road, minutes from its destination, St. Louis Park. I never dared dream I would get an E-unit and a 4-8-4 in the same shot, not to mention no less than three dome cars!
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:06:22 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
Smokin' It Up
Title:  Smokin' It Up
Description:  Now along for the ride after pulling the train west, the 261 smokes it up as her crew awaits the train's arrival at St. Louis Park. Cool, damp weather helped make the 261's smoke gray-white this day.
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:08:22 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Steam and Steel
Title:  Steam and Steel
Description:  Due to cool, damp weather, the 261 was a living picture of steam and steel as she rolled back to town on the eastbound run of the "Gourmet Express."
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:09:54 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  106   Comments: 1
Confab In The Cab
Title:  Confab In The Cab
Description:  The 261's crew confabs in the cab as preparations for a special trip for Loram employees take place. I love how the Milwaukee Road was one of those railways that proudly identified was class of engine their steamers were, which is an S-3 4-8-4 Northern in the 261's case.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:21:55 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Tending The 261
Title:  Tending The 261
Description:  The 261's crew tends to their iron horse prior to their special evening rum for Loram employees.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:23:06 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
Red Side Of The Lamps
Title:  Red Side Of The Lamps
Description:  I never caught the red side of the lamps on the 261's front so well until I snapped this photo. Old friends can still surprise us.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:09:56 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
There Is The Train!
Title:  There Is The Train!
Description:  Here comes the Frimnds of the 261's special for Loram, almost to its destination down by Brunswick. Cars at left are the coach section from trips run over the Twin Cities & Western the past weekend.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 10:51:01 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Approaching Wooddale
Title:  Approaching Wooddale
Description:  The Friends of the 261's special for Loram passes Southwest LRT construction as the train approaches Wooddale late on a warm latf September afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 10:51:47 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A) WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  331   Comments: 1
261 On A Tuesday
Title:  261 On A Tuesday
Description:  A Loram employee (in blue at left) takes a photo of the 261 late on a Tuesday afternoon prior to a special run sponsored by Loram. I never thought I would see the 261 operating on a Tuesday. Thank you, Railway Interchange conference, for being the catalyst for extra runs of the 261 after a weekend's worth of trips on the old Milwaukee Road west of the Twin Cities.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:10:29 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  138   Comments: 1
I Hope Nobody Was Blasé About This
Title:  I Hope Nobody Was Blasé About This
Description:  There is my old friend the Milwaukee 261, crossing Wooddale Avenue in reverse as a special run for Loram workers reaches its boarding point down by Brunswick. I sure hope one of the motorists waiting for the train were blasé at the sight of the living, breathing 1944-vintage steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:24:30 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
My Old Friend
Title:  My Old Friend
Description:  I have been following (and sometimes riding behind or visiting the cab of) the 261 since 1997, back when Union Pacific 4014's boiler was cold but dry out in Southern California. As cool as an operating Big Boy is, the 261, one of the few surviving, and sole operating, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific steam engines, is my old friend.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:09:31 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  249   Comments: 2
Here Comes The Miracle Of The Rails
Title:  Here Comes The Miracle Of The Rails
Description:  The 261 rolls along with the rest of the Loram special as the train arrives at the boarding site in St. Louis Park. May your luck always be good, 261! I could not believe the sight of an operating Milwaukee Road steam engine when I first glimpsed her in the documentary "Lost Twin Cities," but "Trains" and "Railfan & Railroad" soon confirmed the 261's existence. I have now dubbed her "the Miracle of the Rails" due to her long, successful career as an excursion engine.
Photo Date:  9/24/2019  Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:23:36 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  229   Comments: 1


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