Newly restored Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #261 stands in the snow on the BNSF next to the FO 261 Minneapolis Junction shop. 261 was making a couple of break-in runs on the pocket track adjacent to the ... (more)
Milwaukee Road 261 does some test runs back and forth at the shop so the crew can make sure every thing is working smoothly before it hits the mainline this May up to Duluth for its first public e... (more)
I like this image because it looks to me to be a believable recreation of the past. The mulltiple tracks, industry, car spotted on the siding, crossing, perhaps even the rather mundane composition... (more)