Two EMD's from CSX lead an empty ethanol train around a curve on the Minnesota Prairie Line just west of Norwood Young America, MN.
The excursion train heads back east to Bongards for a lunch stop, with 32A doing the honors. Although maybe not as impressive as 261, this E unit looks amazing, and is a great fit for the passenge... (more)
On one of its first excursions since being restored and repainted, Milwaukee Road E9 number 32A leads a Twin Cities & Western 30th Anniversary employee special along the former Milwaukee Road main... (more)
A profile view of the 261 passing through Norwood Young America.
A scene once common on this line many years ago, kept alive through the 261 still operating in the modern day. Here the 4-8-4 heads past this old farm, another piece of history still around to thi... (more)
Second day across the TC&W, returning from Glencoe.
On the other side of the train, Milwaukee Road E unit #32A pulls the train back to Bongards for a lunch stop. Although the scheme is fictional, this definitely looks like a scene straight out of w... (more)
The train heads west to Glencoe past some old rural structures, which probably have seen locomotives such as 261 back in the day.
Fall has come to Minnesota as Milwaukee Road 32A hustles east towards the lunch stop at Glencoe.
After throwing the switch on the wye, 261 heads south on the Minnesota Prairie Line towards Winthrop.
Rounding the bend at Norwood Young America and onto the TCW line, Milwaukee Road 261 gets back up to speed with the days excursion train in tow
The conductor is throwing the switch that will take No. 261 off of the former Milwaukee Road main and onto ex-Minneapolis & St. Louis trackage at Norwood.
MILW 261 leads the Fall Colors train south through Norwood Young America on the ex Minneapolis & St. Louis.
A little CAT pulls her train onto the TCW main at Norwood.
A couple enjoys the view as the 261 steams along the Twin Cities & Western west of Minneapolis.
