Don Crimmin and an unidentified Amtrak conductor tromp to the pocket track's manual switch. Once thrown, the headlight will illuminate on the (then) 64-year-old beast and it will begin its journey... (more)

With 261 hovering overhead, volunteer Pat and long-time employee Jim French (eyeing the camera) hold a cable together until the electric hoist used to pull the 14,000 lb main driver engages comple... (more)

Milwaukee 261 rises high in the air as the restoration crew removes the driving wheels for overhaul. After the engine was placed back on its lead and trailing trucks it became the world's largest ... (more)

After a failed attempt to get the 261 turned, the loco was backed down to Schiller Park yard. The crew disembarks and starts the shut down for the evening. The locals come out to admire this engin... (more)

The 261 is in route to be turned. Unfortunately, the tight curves by B-12 tower were too sharp and the 261 ended up tilting the rails over. A quick reacting engineer stopped the engine on a dime a... (more)

MILWAUKEE ROAD #261 WILL RUN AGAIN! Earlier this month (May of 2010) the “Friends” Board of Directors approved the purchase of Milwaukee Road No. 261 from the National Railroad Museum... (more)

Back in business. She needs your donations, though. www.261.com

The October sun has just crept above the horizon and now casts a golden glow on Milwaukee Road 261, still disguised as DL&W 1661, as she waits to head east on the old B&OCT/B&O from the south side... (more)

A Pete Lerro charter.

In a pause between shoots, crewmembers from Milwaukee Road 261 take a breather beside the locomotive. They are among the skilled crew of Railroading Heritage of Midwest America that is working to ... (more)

My response to Joe LeMay's photo #304577 is this pile of Milwaukee Road 261 parts at Harrison Street. The smokebox front and cab sides will have to be reinstalled before it goes back to Green Bay... (more)

Fireman Ambrose has 261's fire under control and the boiler pressure pegged in this image taken just minutes prior to departure. In lieu of the organization's termination of their contract with NR... (more)

The 261 is undergoing rebuilding the morning that the SP 4449 is hauling me from Minneapolis to Chicago on its way to Train Festival in Owosso, MI. At the time, the Friends of the 261 were under t... (more)

Milwaukee Road #261 leads a consist of gondolas Westbound for the TC&W. We needed freight, they needed the gondolas moved - a side profile shot with "rods up" for those who like it as David P. Mo... (more)