Skytop view of the skytop observation... Father and son watch the special head west.

Either end of this train was nice to shoot... the steam train heads toward Grand Ave. for a meet with the Harbor Belt.

Thank you, Art and Steve!!!!

Coupler stored in lead mode, head on shot... "wait for it... shoot, shoot, shoot... run, run, run"

#261 races north out of Winona, MN on the Fall Color Excursion train

#261, a WWII era built 4-8-4 Northern, has the La Crescent turn of the fall colors train at Dakota on a bright and warm fall afternoon.

Viewed from 400 ft. above CP's former Milw main, the #261 fall colors train sails down the River Sub with a gagle of foamers in persuit.

Milwaukee Road's northbound Morning Hiawatha's superdome was just off the Mississippi River Bridge about 18 miles southeast of St. Paul and almost 400 miles from Chicago, where it left at 9:30 a.m... (more)

Freshly repainted Milwaukee Road 1603 sits on display outside IRM's engine shops.

261 heads out for an early morning start for an excursion from St. Paul to Winona and return.

Still with its Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific herald intact with no other patches or subletterings, this snowplow somehow ended up deadlined on a Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern siding wi... (more)

261's 74 inch drive wheels