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| 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) |
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471 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Classy Companion |
| Description: |
What better companion for a classic steam engine than a classic diesel? Westbound excursion is crossing Beltline Boulevard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/2019 Upload Date: 6/23/2019 10:42:35 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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395 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
E-Unit In The Eden |
| Description: |
E-units hauling "The Olympian Hiawatha" once rolled through Eden Prairie. This weekend they finally returned in the form of Milwaukee 32A (nee WSOR 101). An E-unit in the Eden is a sight to see, folks. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/2019 Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:13:08 PM |
| Location: |
Eden Prairie, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
E-Unit In Chan |
| Description: |
The 32-A, tacked on behind the "Cedar Rapids" (barely visible at left) brings up the markers on the westbound "Gourmet Express." I could have photographed the unit as it crossed Powers, but I just had to try for a shot that showed its classic E-unit face. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/2019 Upload Date: 9/21/2019 10:38:33 PM |
| Location: |
Chanhassen, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) WSOR 101(E9A) |
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278 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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299 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On The Curve At Shady Oak |
| Description: |
The eastbound "Gourmet Express" rounds the curve by Shady Oak Lake as the train returns from its jaunt out west on the Twin Cities & Western. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/22/2019 7:04:36 PM |
| Location: |
Minnetonka, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) WSOR 101(E9A) |
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260 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
There Is The Train! |
| Description: |
Here comes the Friends 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) |
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335 Comments: 1 |
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| 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 late 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) |
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294 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
E-Unit! |
| Description: |
The vintage Milwaukee Road/Wisconsin & Southern E-unit the Friends of the 261 bought earlier this year leads the Loram special across Wooddale Avenue late on a warm Tuesday afternoon. Note the dudes checking out the train down by the crossing signal. |
| Photo Date: |
9/24/2019 Upload Date: 9/24/2019 10:52:35 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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430 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Train And A Bridge |
| Description: |
The west end of the Loram special run by the 261 group faces the venerable bridge over the old Milwaukee Road/Minneapolis & St. Louis corridor. The cranes working on the removal of a bridge on the old Louie, long since a trail, testify to the massive changes in store with the coming of the co-location of freight rail with the Southwest LRT. In fact, the old Milwaukee at left will be replaced by the LRT at the spot, so this vista is a snapshot of not only what is to come but also what was. |
| Photo Date: |
9/24/2019 Upload Date: 9/24/2019 11:09:13 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis Park, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
WSOR 101(E9A) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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342 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Glorious Milwaukee |
| Description: |
The Friends of the 261's E9 sits resplendent in its new, commemorative Milwaukee Road paint scheme on a warm, breezy Union Depot Train Days 2021. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/2021 Upload Date: 6/6/2021 8:52:40 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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241 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Departing Beneath Thundery Skies |
| Description: |
The Twin Cities & Western's 30th anniversary train, which had been making several runs from Hazeltine in Chaska this day, heads out on another run shortly before 4 p.m. beneath thundery skies preparing to unleash a deluge on the southwest suburbs. The 32A sure looks good on the point of this train, supplied entirely by the Friends of the 261. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/2021 Upload Date: 8/28/2021 6:39:57 PM |
| Location: |
Chaska, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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211 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Zoom Shot |
| Description: |
A zoom shot of the Twin Cities & Western's 30th Anniversary train captures it passing under County 41 as it heads for Glencoe late on a breezy and stormy Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/2021 Upload Date: 8/30/2021 10:48:44 PM |
| Location: |
Chaska, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departing Chan |
| Description: |
Milwaukee E9 32A leads the train out of Chanhassen at the end of a weekend of "Gourmet Express" trips out of Chan. All I had time for was this grab shot from my Honda CRV as the train began to cross Great Plains Blvd, watched by motorists, railfans, and onlookers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/2021 Upload Date: 10/3/2021 8:58:55 PM |
| Location: |
Chanhassen, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Short Stop |
| Description: |
The North Pole Express makes a short stop before heading on to the end of the on the first run of the day. I saw a crew member get off the 261 and 32A before I snapped this picture. Maybe there was a quick confab about something, or Santa was being greeted before he boarded. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2021 Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:49:26 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking Good In Lights Too |
| Description: |
The Friends of the 261's classic E9 looks as fabulous in lights as it does in its snazzy paint job. The wreaths are a nice touch too. Ah the holidays... |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2021 Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:50:32 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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166 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First Arrival For The Day |
| Description: |
The North Pole Express arrives at the end of the line shortly after the first run at 3 P.M. Now Santa and his helpers can do their meet and greet with dozens of kids and their parents eager for a confab with the jolly old elf himself before the train returns to Union Depot. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2021 Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:48:28 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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137 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost There |
| Description: |
The first run of the Holiday Express for Sunday, December 5, 2021 nears the end of the line beneath cloudy but relatively mild skies with a load of kids and their parents looking forward to meeting Santa and his elves. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/2021 Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:47:32 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 261(4-8-4) MILW 32A(E9A) |
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115 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
E-Unit In The Sun |
| Description: |
Milwaukee Road 32A, resplendent in its Milwaukee heritage scheme, soaks up the sun on the north side of the 261 shop late on the morning of the first day of June, 2022. |
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6/1/2022 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:30:28 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Glorious E-Unit |
| Description: |
The Milwaukee 32A brings up the rear of the 2022 "Gourmet Express" as the train crosses Highway 101 while entering Chanhassen, where passengers will embark on a run west along the Twin Cities & Western. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/2022 Upload Date: 10/3/2022 9:00:28 PM |
| Location: |
Chanhassen, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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54 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back In Hopkins |
| Description: |
The consist for the Friends of the 261's 2022 "Gourmet Express" stops in Hopkins to disembark volunteers late on the afternoon of the first Sunday of October, 2022. The snappy-looking 32A was the crew's motive power on eastbound runs, as per normal operations where the train cannot be turned. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/2022 Upload Date: 10/3/2022 9:03:17 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 32A(E9A) |
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47 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
86 Comments: 0 |
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