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5/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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A Festive 261
Title:  A Festive 261
Description:  Boy, they sure did a fine job of decorating the 261. Note the return of the air horn and how the bell has been centered.
Photo Date:  12/13/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 6:12:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Passing Under Highway 52
Title:  Passing Under Highway 52
Description:  The 1 P.M. "North Pole Express" passes beneath Highway 52 as it makes its way onto SPUD's tail track.
Photo Date:  12/13/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 6:11:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
White Lights On The Tender, Red and Green on the Engine
Title:  White Lights On The Tender, Red and Green on the Engine
Description:  I love all the lights they put on the 261. I wonder how they powered them?
Photo Date:  12/13/2014  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 8:06:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Heading For The Creek
Title:  Heading For The Creek
Description:  The 261's fall color run to Boylston, WI rolls through Fridley en route to Coon Rapids and Coon Creek Junction, where the train will swing onto the Hinckley Sub.
Photo Date:  10/10/2015  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:32:57 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 184(P42DC) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
Greeting The Fans
Title:  Greeting The Fans
Description:  One of the crew in the cab of Milwaukee Road 261 greets a pair of railfans as the fall colors run to Boylston, Wisconsin rolls through Fridley. This dude gave me a friendly wave back when I waved my engineer cap in greeting as they passed my location. Amtrak 184 is my second Amtrak Heritage unit catch, too. Talk about "two for the price of one"!
Photo Date:  10/10/2015  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:05:08 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 184(P42DC)
Views:  180   Comments: 2
Go Milwaukee Road!
Title:  Go Milwaukee Road!
Description:  Need I say more?
Photo Date:  10/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 7:21:56 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
The Glorious 261
Title:  The Glorious 261
Description:  Milwaukee 261 passes the signals in east Long Lake as the fall colors special returns from Willmar. The engine is positioned at the other end of the consist due to being turned on the turntable at Willmar, where no wye track exists to turn the train on.
Photo Date:  10/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 7:21:30 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Goodbye Minneapolis
Title:  Goodbye Minneapolis
Description:  The westbound fall colors excursion to Willmar has already left Minneapolis behind as the train approaches the venerable pedestrian footbridge which spans the Wayzata Sub and the Cedar Lake Trail. The sun angle resulted in a bit of nose blur on the 261, but otherwise this picture came out great.
Photo Date:  10/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 12:06:05 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 184(P42DC)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Ready For The Holidays
Title:  Ready For The Holidays
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 sits on the tail track five blocks east of St. Paul Union Depot while her crew gets ready for the first weekend of North Pole Express trips.
Photo Date:  12/4/2015  Upload Date: 12/4/2015 5:04:39 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Waiting For A Tour
Title:  Waiting For A Tour
Description:  A long line of people awaits a chance to tour the cab of the 261 and the passenger cars the Friends of the 261 brought to SPUD along with the engine. Note that 261's Mars light is back on the engine.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 7:43:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Center Of Attention
Title:  Center Of Attention
Description:  The 261 is the center of attention at Train Days 2016. Note the line of people at left waiting for a chance to tour the cab and the passenger cars the Friends of the 261 brought along with the locomotive.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 7:42:35 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) TCWR 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
She's Back
Title:  She's Back
Description:  The 261 basks beneath cloud flecked mild skies as she sits proudly under steam at St. Paul Union depot for Train Days 2016.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 7:41:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Cloud Shot
Title:  Cloud Shot
Description:  A side view of the 261 I took when a handy cloud dimmed the bright noontime sun at SPUD.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 7:41:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Steam, Fs, And Hood Units
Title:  Steam, Fs, And Hood Units
Description:  The tracks at St. Paul Union Depot played host to steam, Fs, and hood units for Train Days 2016. TC&W 2011 is notable because it is a Positive Train Control equipped locomotive, one of four TC&W recently purchased but has yet to put into revenue service.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 8:40:21 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  TCWR 2011(GP38-2) SOO 2500(FP7A) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  282   Comments: 1
Here Comes Concessions And Coach
Title:  Here Comes Concessions And Coach
Description:  Here comes the 261 group's concessions car, marking the spot where First and other prime classes end and coach class begins. The 261 herself is now visible, about to roll across Cedar Lake Parkway in the right center background.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:44:27 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
261 Is Almost Here
Title:  261 Is Almost Here
Description:  As coach class passes me by, the 261 draws nearer, now across Cedar Lake parkway as the ferry move to Chanhassen tip toes along the venerable rails of the Minneapolis & St. Louis main line.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:45:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Just Along For The Ride
Title:  Just Along For The Ride
Description:  The 261 is now clear of Cedar Lake parkway as she and her crew roll south on the ferry move to Chanhassen. Going west, TC&W GP39-2 2300 and her crew are doing all the work. 261 sure looks grand along the Kenilworth, where the Minneapolis & St. Louis once reigned.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 8:04:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Extra 261 South
Title:  Extra 261 South
Description:  The 261 ferry move to Chanhassen heads south along the Kenilworth corridor along the old Minneapolis & St. Louis main line. Boy does the 261 look grand here!
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 8:06:54 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
"Full Steam Ahead" Indeed
Title:  "Full Steam Ahead" Indeed
Description:  The 261 steams outside her shop at Minneapolis Junction as her first trip of the fall season, a dinner train run out of Chanhassen on the Twin Cities & Western, draws near. The sign touting The Friends of the 261 is quite appropriate in this shot.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:21:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Steamin' Up 'Tonka
Title:  Steamin' Up 'Tonka
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 steams up Minnetonka once more as she approaches Tower E-14 with the westbound fall color trip to Glencoe. By now the fans below me had split into two groups to watch her passing.
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 5:17:57 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
261 At The Tower
Title:  261 At The Tower
Description:  The 261 crew wheels their steed across where the Milwaukee and the Louie once crossed. Viva the 261!
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 5:19:05 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
On To Glencoe
Title:  On To Glencoe
Description:  Now in Eden Prairie, the 261's fall color run to Glencoe heads on down the old Milwaukee Road with the "Cedar Rapids" bringing up the markers. Apparently the TC&W diesel that would take the train back to town would be added at Glencoe. The Skytop obs and Super Dome call forth visions of when "The Olympian Hiawatha" once plied these rails.
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 5:19:41 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Lookin' Good
Title:  Lookin' Good
Description:  Milwaukee Road 261 looks good as she sits at the North Pole stop during her second North Pole Express run of the day at St. Paul Union Depot.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/10/2016 8:37:16 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Builders And Equipment Trust Plates
Title:  Builders And Equipment Trust Plates
Description:  Here is a look at the builders and equipment trust plates that can be found on the front of the 261. I never photographed these until now.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:13:23 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Classy Cab
Title:  Classy Cab
Description:  A portrait of the 261's cab. Were it not for the holiday lights, the wisp of steam would make it seem this photo was taken seventy years ago.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:12:25 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Steam And Diesel!
Title:  Steam And Diesel!
Description:  A Canadian Pacific train headed by two older units took the west leg of the Division Street wye while the 261 was at the east end of St. Paul Union Depot's grounds with the 1 P.M. North Pole Express. A steam and diesel shot was just what I wanted for an early Christmas gift. :-)
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:22:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) CP 6026(SD40-2)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Regal 261
Title:  Regal 261
Description:  In this shot, the 261 looks quite regal decked out for the North Pole Express 2016.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/10/2016 8:39:11 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
At The North Pole
Title:  At The North Pole
Description:  The North Pole Express runs from St. Paul Union Depot up SPUD's tail track to The North Pole, where Santa and his elves come aboard to greet the kids. Here the train sits beneath gray skies that promise abundant snow in a few hours while St. Nick makes his rounds.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:11:28 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Westbound At Division Street
Title:  Westbound At Division Street
Description:  A westbound Canadian Pacific transfer (?) heads up the east leg of the Division Street wye as the Milwaukee Road 261 waits with the 1 P.M. North Pole Express on St. Paul Union Depot's tail track.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:29:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6026(SD40-2) SOO 4412(GP38-2) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
Runby Time
Title:  Runby Time
Description:  Steve Sandburg and the 261's crew show their steed's stuff as they charge by the photo line at Hamburg.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/7/2017 10:30:26 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Fall Colors Consist, View One
Title:  Fall Colors Consist, View One
Description:  The 261, tool car, and first passenger car of the Fall Colors trip to Winthrop.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:16:18 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Returning To Reboard
Title:  Returning To Reboard
Description:  Steve and the 261 crew bring the train back into Hamburg to reboard passengers for the run to Winthrop. Note: some of these folks the 261 is passing are locals and railfans out to see her, not passengers.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:54:31 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Heading Onto The Minnesota Prairie Line
Title:  Heading Onto The Minnesota Prairie Line
Description:  The 261 heads onto the connecting track leading to the Minnesota Prairie Line as the fall colors trip to Winthrop reaches its halfway point. Note how she is being much recorded by the Friends of the 261 in the car assigned to the 261's crew.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/1/2017 1:13:34 PM
Location:  Norwood Young America, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Passing A Vacant Billboard
Title:  Passing A Vacant Billboard
Description:  The fall color trip to Winthrop passes a vacant billboard west of Arlington on the Minnesota Prairie Line.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:57:13 PM
Location:  Arlington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  85   Comments: 1
Rockin' Along The Louie
Title:  Rockin' Along The Louie
Description:  The 261's fall color trip to Winthrop rocks (literally) along the old Minneapolis & St. Louis west of Arlington.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:56:18 PM
Location:  Arlington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Rocking The Minnesota Prairie Line
Title:  Rocking The Minnesota Prairie Line
Description:  The 261's fall color trip to Winthrop rocks the Minnesota Prairie Line west of Arlington on the last day of September, 2017.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:56:48 PM
Location:  Arlington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Passing The Station Sign
Title:  Passing The Station Sign
Description:  As the 261 sweeps by the photo line one more time, the engine passes Hamburg's station sign. I wonder where the town's depot was?
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:55:37 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
On The Move At Last!
Title:  On The Move At Last!
Description:  After a delay of almost an hour caused by no less than five BNSF freights, Steve Sandburg and the 261 crew commence the move out of Minneapolis Junction at last.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:30:56 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
Slowing Down
Title:  Slowing Down
Description:  Steve and the 261 crew slow the train after the runby at Hamburg. Soon they will back up, bring the train back in, and reboard for the run to Winthrop.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:49:25 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Smoking It Up
Title:  Smoking It Up
Description:  As the 261 passes by the photo line one more time, Steve and the crew smoke up Hamburg.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:55:15 PM
Location:  Hamburg, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  83   Comments: 1
Off We Go
Title:  Off We Go
Description:  Steve and the crew now have the train heading out of town after backing out of Minneapolis Junction to their starting point for the run to Winthrop.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:32:11 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Pausing To Set The Switch
Title:  Pausing To Set The Switch
Description:  Steve and the crew pause so the switch leading into the 261's shop can be thrown back to align with the main track. Note the crowd of crew and passengers in the vestibule and the 261 volunteers in the door of the tool car.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:31:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  70   Comments: 1
Nearing The Wye
Title:  Nearing The Wye
Description:  As the Fall Colors trip to Winthrop draws near the wye at Minneapolis Junction, the 261 prepares to pass some of many folks out to see her in action.
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/27/2017 10:32:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Crossing Eden Prairie Road
Title:  Crossing Eden Prairie Road
Description:  The 261 crosses Eden Prairie Road beneath gray skies as Steve and the crew take the Fall Colors train west to Glencoe.
Photo Date:  10/1/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:09:38 PM
Location:  Eden Prairie, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
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:  68   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:  71   Comments: 0
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:  53   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:  95   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:  80   Comments: 0
Backlit Shot
Title:  Backlit Shot
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:  42   Comments: 0


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