NS OCS approaches Mad River Museum on the Toledo connection, drawing a large crowd of onlookers and guests of the museum re-dedication ceremony.

NS OCS approaches Mad River Museum for a special re-dedication ceremony, running on the Mad River Connection on the Toledo connection

Ohio Central turn up to Clinton to interchange with CSX begins its trip back to Coshocton using the RJ Corman here, with an unusually nice matching pair of GE U23Bs late Sunday afternoon.

The Empire Builder departs St. Paul in the morning on its last leg to Chicago via Milwaukee, with a Union Pacific freight rounding the corner westbound into downtown St. Paul.

Twin Citiy pair in the roads nice University of Minnesota colors, looking nice in the morning sun.

Milwaukee 261 posed in Glencoe with crew cleaning the grates and the fire hot beside them. This must have been hot work indeed that night, though with a cool evening it might have felt ok.

Milwaukee 261 with freight in the rain at speed westbound out of Glencoe.

Milwaukee 261 with freight starting up from a brief layover east of Glencoe

Milwaukee 261 being prepared, serviced and coaled for her 3 day TC&W odyssey.

Milwaukee 261 running on the original Milwaukee, looking like her historic Olympian Hiawatha predecessor, and being watched in the fashion of her old print ads of the glory days.

Milwaukee 261 at night by Glencoe town water tower

Milwaukee Skytop Lounge Observation detail.

Milwaukee 261 makes a pretty picture traveling in farm country west of Minneapolis

CVSR Train 1 heads for Akron Depot to pick up her first load of passengers for the day's trips, Akron departure at 10:30 a.m. sharp on a beautiful spring day in Northern Ohio.

Running hard for home, CVSR FP4A former CN passenger locomotive remembers her glory days heading home for the barn after a long day of excursion work in the Valley.