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Pictures of MILW 261
 
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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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:  170   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:  396   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:  342   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:  140   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:  171   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:  252   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:  231   Comments: 1
MILW 261, UP 2531, 8611, 8950, 2481 + 8551
Title:  MILW 261, UP 2531, 8611, 8950, 2481 + 8551
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2019  Upload Date: 8/18/2023 11:14:58 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) UP 2531(ES44AC-H) UP 8611(SD70ACe) UP 8950(SD70AH) UP 2581(ET44AH) UP 2581(ET44AH) UP 8551(SD70ACe)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
MILW 261, WSOR 101, UP 5414, 7385 + CSX 5298
Title:  MILW 261, WSOR 101, UP 5414, 7385 + CSX 5298
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 1:08:37 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) WSOR 101(E9A) UP 5414(AC45CCTE) UP 7385(AC45CCTE) CSX 5298(ES40DC) CSX 5298(ES44DC)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
WSOR 101, MILW 261 North Pole Express + Covered Hoppers
Title:  WSOR 101, MILW 261 North Pole Express + Covered Hoppers
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2019  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 11:15:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  One of my better pictures of her, 261 slowly departs Chanhassen.
Photo Date:  1/31/2021  Upload Date: 9/27/2022 1:05:32 PM
Location:  Chanhassen, MN
Author:  Ray Gracek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
261 in NYA.
Title:  261 in NYA.
Description:  Gourmet express.
Photo Date:  10/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/27/2022 1:05:13 PM
Location:  Norwood Young Americ, MN
Author:  Ray Gracek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Pouring Rain at Plato!
Title:  Pouring Rain at Plato!
Description:  Rain
Photo Date:  10/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/27/2022 1:07:20 PM
Location:  Plato, MN
Author:  Ray Gracek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
261
Title:  261
Description:  261 speeds thru Plato.
Photo Date:  10/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/27/2022 1:05:53 PM
Location:  Plato, MN
Author:  Ray Gracek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
MILW 261 + 32A Christmas
Title:  MILW 261 + 32A Christmas
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/3/2021  Upload Date: 12/3/2021 10:25:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Steam Returns!
Title:  Steam Returns!
Description:  After an absence of a year, steam returned to St. Paul Union Depot as the Friends of the 261's North Pole Express made its return. Here the train is awaiting the first departure of the day, at 3 P.M., on a relatively mild Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/5/2021  Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:25:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Passing Highway 52
Title:  Passing Highway 52
Description:  The North Pole Express passes under Highway 52 shortly after 3 P.M. on the first Sunday in December, 2021.
Photo Date:  12/5/2021  Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:26:53 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
MILW 261 + John Deere Harvester
Title:  MILW 261 + John Deere Harvester
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 11:07:00 PM
Location:  Brownton, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
MILW 261 Rainy Noon
Title:  MILW 261 Rainy Noon
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2022  Upload Date: 10/6/2022 11:17:37 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Charging Through Chaska
Title:  Charging Through Chaska
Description:  Steve Sandburg and company have the 261 running at a good gait as the 2022 "Gourmet Express" charges through Chaska shortly after 1 p.m. on the first Saturday of October, 2022.
Photo Date:  10/1/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 9:01:50 PM
Location:  Chaska, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Classy Train
Title:  Classy Train
Description:  The consist for the 2022 "Gourmet Express" is back in Hopkins after a weekend of trips out of Chanhassen over the Twin Cities & Western. What a classy train the Friends of the 261 have put together over the years!
Photo Date:  10/2/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 9:04:34 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Almost Home
Title:  Almost Home
Description:  The Milwaukee 261 is almost home as the train pauses to disembark volunteers in Hopkins prior to being led back to town by a PTC-equipped TCWR unit. The fall colors and big building add nice contrasts to this living legend of the rails.
Photo Date:  10/2/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 9:05:59 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
BNSF 1428, 261 & North Pole Express
Title:  BNSF 1428, 261 & North Pole Express
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2022  Upload Date: 12/21/2022 8:33:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 1428(SD60M) BNSF 261(SD75M) MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
GN 192 + MILW 261 Beautiful Day
Title:  GN 192 + MILW 261 Beautiful Day
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2023  Upload Date: 7/3/2023 11:27:38 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 192(NW5) LSRM 192(NW5) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
MILW 261, 32A, 800045, 2450, 800862, 800040, GN 192 + TCWR 2020
Title:  MILW 261, 32A, 800045, 2450, 800862, 800040, GN 192 + TCWR 2020
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2023  Upload Date: 1/8/2024 10:55:46 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  GN 192(NW5) MILW 261(4-8-4) LSRM 192(NW5) MILW 32A(E9A) TCWR 2020(GP38-2)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
MILW 261 Train Day Sunny Day
Title:  MILW 261 Train Day Sunny Day
Description:  Fancy see 261 during National Train Day since April 2016 too!
Photo Date:  6/3/2023  Upload Date: 7/31/2023 10:42:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
TCWR 2020, GN 192, MILW 32A + 261 Behind
Title:  TCWR 2020, GN 192, MILW 32A + 261 Behind
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2023  Upload Date: 7/10/2023 6:28:45 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  TCWR 2020(GP38-2) GN 192(NW5) LSRM 192(NW5) MILW 32A(E9A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:17:28 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:33:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) GN 192(NW5) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:34:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) GN 192(NW5) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:37:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) GN 192(NW5) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
MILW 32A
Title:  MILW 32A
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:40:04 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A) GN 192(NW5) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
MILW 32A
Title:  MILW 32A
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 11:41:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mark Heeplarg
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A) GN 192(NW5) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/2023  Upload Date: 12/1/2023 8:20:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Nathan Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road 261
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261
Description:  Purging some steam before making a reverse move
Photo Date:  12/1/2023  Upload Date: 12/1/2023 8:20:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Nathan Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
MILW 261 + 32A Christmas Cloudy Noon
Title:  MILW 261 + 32A Christmas Cloudy Noon
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/3/2023  Upload Date: 2/17/2024 11:10:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  85   Comments: 0

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