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Pictures of MILW 261
 
Owner: Milwaukee Road
Model:Alco 4-8-4Built As:MILW 261 (4-8-4)
Serial Number:71974Order No:S-1928
Frame Number:26X32 cylinders,74" driversBuilt:7/1944
Notes:S-3
Other locos with this serial:  MILW 261(4-8-4) DLW 1661(4-8-4)
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MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:49 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:50 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:52 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:48 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:53 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:54 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:54 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:55 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:56 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:52:56 PM
Location:  Prairie du Chien, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
MILW 261 at Galesburg
Title:  MILW 261 at Galesburg
Description:  MILW 261 eases into Galesburg for RR Days in 1997. It would be a static display, with walkways to get you up and thru the cab, which was quite toasty.
Photo Date:  6/28/1997  Upload Date: 11/23/2014 4:57:23 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
MILW 4-8-4 #261 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 4-8-4 #261 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  Another visit to the annual Galesburg RR Days by the 1944 Alco built Milwuakee Road 4-8-4 #261. G.A. McKay caught this shot early in the morning before the crowds that would swamp this loco on display.
Photo Date:  6/28/1997  Upload Date: 3/14/2017 6:19:11 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  277   Comments: 1
BNSF 9771
Title:  BNSF 9771
Description:  BNSF Executive Trains and MILW 261 at the station. Old School vs. New School
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:50:50 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9771(SD70MAC) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
Excursion Trains waiting at the Station
Title:  Excursion Trains waiting at the Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:50:51 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9771(SD70MAC) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  Old school meets new school
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:50:51 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) BNSF 9771(SD70MAC)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  On display at the Station
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:50:52 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) BNSF 9771(SD70MAC)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
BNSF 9771
Title:  BNSF 9771
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/1997  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 8:50:53 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Jerry Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9771(SD70MAC) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:46:47 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  502   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:46:48 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:46:48 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1997  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:47:02 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 3:43:57 PM
Location:  Wataga, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/14/2008 5:42:28 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1997  Upload Date: 8/8/2005 1:51:32 AM
Location:  Pauline, KS
Author:  Marty Myers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1997  Upload Date: 8/8/2005 1:51:33 AM
Location:  Pauline, KS
Author:  Marty Myers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
All Aboard the 261 to Galesburg
Title:  All Aboard the 261 to Galesburg
Description:  Milw 261 At Mendota taking on water and slowly leaves town for Galsburg Railroad days.
Photo Date:  6/6/1998  Upload Date: 7/11/2009 1:29:21 AM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Steven Kakoczki
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
Milw 261 rolls past hurds Island
Title:  Milw 261 rolls past hurds Island
Description:  Milw 261 passing over the Fox River near Hurds Island on its way to Galesburg Railroad Days
Photo Date:  6/6/1998  Upload Date: 12/26/2007 2:31:10 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Steven Kakoczki
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  1125   Comments: 1
Milw 261 going west at Aurora
Title:  Milw 261 going west at Aurora
Description:  Milw 261 rolling through Aurora,s east side on its way to Galesburg Railroad days
Photo Date:  6/6/1998  Upload Date: 12/26/2007 2:28:16 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Steven Kakoczki
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
#261 from 1500 feet at Naperville
Title:  #261 from 1500 feet at Naperville
Description:  Milw #261 crusing through Naperville over RT-34
Photo Date:  6/6/1998  Upload Date: 12/26/2007 2:25:00 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Steven Kakoczki
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
Making the service stop
Title:  Making the service stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1998  Upload Date: 5/15/2009 3:05:25 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Eastbound employee special
Title:  Eastbound employee special
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1998  Upload Date: 5/15/2009 3:06:13 PM
Location:  Saunders, WI
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road 261 northbound to Sioux Falls.
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261 northbound to Sioux Falls.
Description:  A shot as the train approaches on a photo run-by near the Airport siding on the BNSF Marshall Subdivision
Photo Date:  8/15/1998  Upload Date: 7/25/2016 2:19:39 AM
Location:  Sioux Center, IA
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
Milwaukee Road 261 northbound to Sioux Falls.
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261 northbound to Sioux Falls.
Description:  BNSF Employee Special in the summer of 1998 returning to Minneapolis. This was a photo run-by that the group did north of the Airport siding on the Marshall Sub.
Photo Date:  8/15/1998  Upload Date: 7/25/2016 2:13:55 AM
Location:  Sioux Center, IA
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/27/1998  Upload Date: 11/4/2005 6:37:46 PM
Location:  Brice Prairie, WI
Author:  Matt Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/1998  Upload Date: 6/9/2003 9:34:10 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Harv Kahn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  974   Comments: 1
MILW 261 4-8-4
Title:  MILW 261 4-8-4
Description:  Milw 261 4-8-4 steamer heads west toward Joliet from Chicago on a late summer excursion on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub.
Photo Date:  8/30/1998  Upload Date: 2/22/2009 9:15:19 PM
Location:  Lockport, IL
Author:  Kevin Nelson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Description:  Topeka RR Days static display and excursion train
Photo Date:  9/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/22/2004 12:42:52 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Eric Burris
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  905   Comments: 1
Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Description:  Topeka RR Days static display and excursion train
Photo Date:  9/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/22/2004 12:42:52 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Eric Burris
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  736   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261 in KS
Description:  Topeka RR Days static display and excursion train
Photo Date:  9/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/22/2004 12:42:52 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Eric Burris
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
261 steaming west on Toepka Sub
Title:  261 steaming west on Toepka Sub
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/1998  Upload Date: 10/4/2005 10:18:34 PM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Richie Kennedy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  531   Comments: 1
Waiting on an Amtrak Train
Title:  Waiting on an Amtrak Train
Description:  The Topeka Railroad Days Excursion is forced to wait on a late Amtrak #4 (led today by P42 #15) before proceeding
Photo Date:  9/6/1998  Upload Date: 10/4/2005 10:18:34 PM
Location:  Pauline, KS
Author:  Richie Kennedy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 15(P42DC)
Views:  1686   Comments: 2
Now Departing...
Title:  Now Departing...
Description:  261 now takes the high Iron on a westbound excursion
Photo Date:  9/6/1998  Upload Date: 10/4/2005 10:18:35 PM
Location:  Pauline, KS
Author:  Richie Kennedy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  641   Comments: 1
Men at work on Milwaukee Road 261
Title:  Men at work on Milwaukee Road 261
Description:  What we often forget about when photographing, is how much human labor there is involved with all aspects of keeping railroading going. I often wished I had photographed more of the people than I did. This is a BNSF sponsored northbound fan trip from Lincoln, NE to Minneapolis, MN in late summer 1998 at Sioux City, IA
Photo Date:  9/12/1998  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 2:04:47 AM
Location:  Sioux City, IA
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  330   Comments: 1
Milwaukee 261
Title:  Milwaukee 261
Description:  At its servicing stop on the way back to Minneapolis, 261 draws a considerable crowd on the north end of Sioux City Yard as it prepares to make the last leg for the day to Sioux Falls, SD where hundreds of passengers and the crew will spend the night before the last lap to MSP
Photo Date:  9/12/1998  Upload Date: 10/29/2016 2:30:36 PM
Location:  Sioux City, IA
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road 261
Title:  Milwaukee Road 261
Description:  Getting ready to depart Sioux City for our run to Sioux Falls, and quite a crowd had gathered to take a look at this 1944 model steam engine, that has done a great job of keeping people riding the rails.
Photo Date:  9/12/1998  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 9:46:17 AM
Location:  Sioux City, IA
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
MILW 261 northbound
Title:  MILW 261 northbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/1998  Upload Date: 3/22/2015 4:10:23 PM
Location:  Hills, MN
Author:  Matt Demuth
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
MILW 261 northbound
Title:  MILW 261 northbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/1998  Upload Date: 3/22/2015 4:11:56 PM
Location:  Hills, MN
Author:  Matt Demuth
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
Along the Marshall Sub heading north to Willmar.
Title:  Along the Marshall Sub heading north to Willmar.
Description:  My memory has slipped on exactly where this was, but I think it was in the vicinity of Marshall, MN on the way to Willmar. I liked the loan tree trying to hold its own in the MN prairie.
Photo Date:  9/13/1998  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 12:22:20 PM
Location:  Marshall, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Photo runby
Title:  Photo runby
Description:  Milwaukee 261 stopped near Corson, SD to let passengers off to do a photo runby after leaving Sioux Falls that morning. It was a beautiful fall day, and you can see almost everyone wanted a picture. Heading east to Garretson on the Sx Falls branch.
Photo Date:  9/13/1998  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 12:13:35 PM
Location:  Corson, SD
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Through the wheat fields
Title:  Through the wheat fields
Description:  A 2nd shot of the runby at Corson shows the unit passing a wheat field on a beautiful, fall day at Corson. Heading east.
Photo Date:  9/13/1998  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 12:34:10 PM
Location:  Corson, SD
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  270   Comments: 0

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