Milwaukee Road 261 Excursion 5/11 & 5/12

[crouse]

Here are a few pics from the Milwaukee Road 261 excursion from Minneapolis, MN to Duluth, MN on May 11th & 12th.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Any shots of the passenger cars? I would like to see the cars behind #261 for two reasons:
1) I love the classic Milwaukee Road "Art Deco" passenger cars and paint scheme.
2) On 5-2-13 a private car painted in classic Milwaukee passenger colors passed through Edmonds on the tail end of the eastbound Empire Builder (Amtrak #8). I wonder if it was headed east to be included in the consist behind #261.

Check post #1065 on the Mile Post 18 thread for a really bad photo of the car.
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29675&page=107

 

[Trainfanne54]

Good shots.

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

Awesome shots!!

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Nice Photos Crouse!

 

[p51]

Great shots! I had no idea that 261 was back together and running trips already...

 

[crouse]

Any shots of the passenger cars? I would like to see the cars behind #261 for two reasons:
1) I love the classic Milwaukee Road "Art Deco" passenger cars and paint scheme.
2) On 5-2-13 a private car painted in classic Milwaukee passenger colors passed through Edmonds on the tail end of the eastbound Empire Builder (Amtrak #8). I wonder if it was headed east to be included in the consist behind #261.

Check post #1065 on the Mile Post 18 thread for a really bad photo of the car.
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29675&page=107

Here is all I have of just the cars. Mostly the locomotive. Thanks, Curt

 

[crouse]

Thanks for the kind responses. The 261 went through some tough times but finally ran under it's own power in April of 2013 when it ran a test run west of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The trip to Duluth was it's first excursion on 4 years. Thanks, Curt

 

[Bill Anderson]

Thanks. It's good to see that some of those classic Milwaukee passenger cars are still around.

 

[April]

Wasn't there a red emergency light on the front?

April

 

[p51]

Wasn't there a red emergency light on the front?

April

You're probably thinking 844.

 

[NM_RailNut]

Nope; 261 had one mounted opposite of the bell, and you can see where the mounting bracket was attached to the smokebox front if you look very carefully.