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12/29/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Alco 4-8-4Built As:MILW 261 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:71974Order No:S-1928
Frame Number:26X32 cylinders,74" driversBuilt:7/1944
Notes:S-3
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 261(4-8-4) DLW 1661(4-8-4)
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Crossing Excelsior Boulevard
Title:  Crossing Excelsior Boulevard
Description:  Grab shot, taken during my most thrilling chase of the 261 yet!
Photo Date:  10/1/2017  Upload Date: 10/23/2017 6:53:09 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
The Classy Cars
Title:  The Classy Cars
Description:  The Friends of the 261's Super Dome and skytop obs "Cedar Rapids" bring up the rear, as usual, as the fall colors trip to Glencoe heads west after swinging off the old Minneapolis & St. Louis and onto the old Milwaukee Road east of Beltline Boulevard on a showery Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  10/1/2017  Upload Date: 10/23/2017 6:54:59 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
261 on the Siding
Title:  261 on the Siding
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 rests after a day of running on the mainline.
Photo Date:  10/1/2017  Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:47:01 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Josiah Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
Heading For Beltline
Title:  Heading For Beltline
Description:  The 261's fall color trip to Glencoe heads for Beltline Boulevard on a showery Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  10/1/2017  Upload Date: 10/23/2017 6:54:25 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
2017 North Pole Express
Title:  2017 North Pole Express
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 operating as the North Pole Express at St Paul Union Depot.
Photo Date:  11/30/2017  Upload Date: 2/26/2021 11:33:30 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Night,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
The Grand Old 261
Title:  The Grand Old 261
Description:  Need I say more?
Photo Date:  12/9/2017  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 6:37:40 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
The North Pole Express Is In!
Title:  The North Pole Express Is In!
Description:  The North Pole Express awaits its 1 P.M. departure from St. Paul Union Depot on a chilly but otherwise pleasant Saturday afternoon. Soon the train will be off to visit the land of jolly old St. Nick.
Photo Date:  12/9/2017  Upload Date: 12/9/2017 8:24:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Backlit Shht
Title:  Backlit Shht
Description:  Darn sun. Oh well...
Photo Date:  12/9/2017  Upload Date: 12/13/2017 6:35:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
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:  143   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:  165   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:  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 11:17:46 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  40   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:  64   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:  36   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:  49   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:  42   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:  68   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:  45   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:  29   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:  30   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:  32   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:  38   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:  284   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:  35   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:  35   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:  31   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:  31   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:  61   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:  48   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:  53   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:  31   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:  261   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:  132   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:  219   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:  27   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:  90   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:  534   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:  103   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:  148   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:  123   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:  112   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:  124   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:  134   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:  344   Comments: 1
MILW 261, 1938 + 203
Title:  MILW 261, 1938 + 203
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 9/5/2023 8:00:04 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
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:  136   Comments: 0


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