Extra 261 passes the Buffalo Lake depot on a damp spring day with a cut of gons to be dropped off on the west side of town.

Two ladies chat in the lounge section of the sky top observation, Cedar Rapids, while the crew oil around on 261 in the background. Thanks to Pete Lerro for arranging this charter and to Nils Hux... (more)

Milwaukee 261 heads west into the setting sun near Glencoe.

Milwaukee 261 steams west through the highway 43 crossing, heading for a weekend photo charter

Milwaukee 261 charges past the site of the old Augusta depot, while two farm kids watch from their Ford tractor.

Milwaukee Road #261 and a solid consist of Hiawatha cars makes it's way West through the farmlands of the Midwest on a beautiful sunny day in May. Special thanks to Steve Sandburg and crew, as we... (more)

This must be "Perfect", the town that Walgreens says doesn't really exist. Milwaukee #261 put on quite a show for patrons of Pete's charter on the Twin Cities and Western, ex-Milwaukee main.

Milwaukee Road #261 makes good time shuttling 9 gondolas to interchange with the Twin Cities and Western in Buffalo Lake, MN. Once a two track main, the line is now single and sees mostly TC&W t... (more)

Jointed rail, wood ties, and a large beautiful Midwestern Northern at speed - Pete Lerro put on quite a production along with the eager anticipation and cooperation of Steve Sandburg, the Milwauke... (more)

Hiawatha moon. The crew takes a little break undr clear Minnesota skies to wait for an approaching train as the moon drops behind the massive Northern. Many thanks to the 261 crew for humor... (more)

Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 makes up lost time through the Minnesota farmland as it blasts westward with a passenger train in the late 1940s. Actually, this was one of 53 runbys on Lerro Productions'... (more)

Milwaukee 261 speeds west with freight in this pan shot east of Brownton, Minn., during a Lerro Productions charter on the Twin Cities & western.

In spite of the overcast, the light, cold rain on the jacket of #261 made her shine like a polished gemstone as she rolled through Glencoe during the Lerro Productions photo charter.

Milwaukee Road 261 rolls through Plato as a "farmer" watches. 261 is pulling a matching Milwaukee Road passenger train consist on a photo charter arranged by Lerro Productions on the Twin Cities ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 highballs through Buffalo Lake and past the Milwaukee Road depot with a freight train in the rain on a photo charter arranged by Lerro Productions on the Twin Cities & Western e... (more)