One of a parade of evening rush hour commuter trains.

One of a parade of evening rush hour commuter trains.

One of a parade of evening rush hour commuter trains.

One of a parade of evening rush hour commuter trains.

Milwaukee Road 261 heads west to Glencoe in the outskirts of Plato on the ex Milwaukee Road mainline to the Pacific Northwest. Back when 261 was in service on the Milwaukee Road, trains went 90 th... (more)

A Milwaukee Road F7A leads two passenger units, a FP7 and a FP45, on a southbound freight at Newport Tower in the early 1970s. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

The Milwaukee Road bought switchers from EMD, FM, Alco, and Baldwin. When my father visited "Southtown" yard, the switching fleet was dominated by Baldwins as shown here. Luckily this ... (more)

This picture might help us date my father's pictures from the Kellogg Boulevard bridge. An eastbound Milwaukee Road train led by two GP30s and a many GP9s has just passed St. Paul Union Depot as ... (more)

The 2nd of 2 photo runbys in Hamburg, MN. Some photographers weren't happy with the first because not much smoke was let out of the engine, the 2nd one however left a black cloud hovering over the... (more)

After throwing the switch on the wye, 261 heads south on the Minnesota Prairie Line towards Winthrop.

Milwaukee Road 261 heads west on the Minnesota Prarie Line near Arlington, MN.

Milwaukee Road 261 heads WB through Delano on its way to North Dakota for the Red River Valley and Western 30th anniversary.

During Diesel Weekend 2015, this line up was displayed in yard 5. Here three F-units and one E-unit shine under the moon and stars, and the last of the blue hour too. Currently the MILW 37A is i... (more)

With a Twin Cities and Western GP38-2 pulling back, Milwaukee Road 261 pushes eastward back to Minneapolis a bit west of Gaylord.

Milwaukee Road 261 heads WB east of Winthrop, it will make a stop in Winthrop for lunch, then will head back East to the Twin Cities pulled back by a TCW locomotive.