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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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Quite a crowd
Title:  Quite a crowd
Description:  All along the route, people were out to see the steam train. This group even had folks out iwth lawn chairs.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:51:57 AM
Location:  Tully, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
Road crossing
Title:  Road crossing
Description:  MILW 261 rolls past the road crossing in Killawog just after passing the Red Mills.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:05:14 AM
Location:  Killawog, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  554   Comments: 2
Red Mills
Title:  Red Mills
Description:  MLW 261 passes the famous Killawog Red Mills
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:05:57 AM
Location:  Killawog, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  MILW 261 rolls past the Marathon station, used by NYSW for the Maple Festival trains.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:07:02 AM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
High bridge
Title:  High bridge
Description:  MILW 261 crosses Martins Creek Viaduct just south of Kingsley.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:10:08 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  533   Comments: 2
Returning south
Title:  Returning south
Description:  MILW 261 rolls for Binghamton, seen from the PA 706 bridge in New Milford.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:11:15 AM
Location:  New Milford, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  486   Comments: 4
Big engine, big bridge
Title:  Big engine, big bridge
Description:  MILW 261 rolls across Tunkhannock Viaduct on its way to Syracuse with an excursion.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:44:56 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  MILW 261 rolls past Apulia on the last leg into Syracuse.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 2:38:00 AM
Location:  Apulia Station, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  MILW 261 and NYSW 142 roll away toward Homer and Syracuse.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 2:34:37 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
Along the interstate
Title:  Along the interstate
Description:  Just north of Homer, the NYSW line passes under I 81 and then runs adjacent to the highway for several miles. Its not really a good place to stop, but it can be a good photo location. Taken from the shoulder of I 81 north.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 2:40:38 AM
Location:  Homer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  851   Comments: 1
Across the field
Title:  Across the field
Description:  As the line gets closer to Preble, it moves away from the highway, yielding this across the corn shot. Note how 261 dwarfs 142.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 2:43:34 AM
Location:  Preble, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 2
All steamed up
Title:  All steamed up
Description:  MILW 261 blows off some steam while it gets its train together for a trip to Syracuse.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:46:43 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
By the tower
Title:  By the tower
Description:  MILW 261 pulls by Bridge 60 tower at Steamtown prior to the Syracuse trip.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:30:11 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Getting the shot
Title:  Getting the shot
Description:  MILW 261 holds on the main at Chenango Bridge as fans swarm the excursion, getting their shots of the unusual move.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 11/6/2025 5:43:39 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NYSW 2400(E9AM)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  MILW 261 rolls past the signal at Hop Bottom, halfway from Binghamton to Scranton on the Sunday return trip.
Photo Date:  8/20/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 4:08:17 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  437   Comments: 1
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  The southbound return from Syracuse splits the signals at the north end of Hop Bottom
Photo Date:  8/20/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:36:46 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
Past an open field
Title:  Past an open field
Description:  MILW 261 rolls past a field at Summersville. This is now the location of a siding.
Photo Date:  8/20/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:40:06 AM
Location:  Summerville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 heads up the '98 Employee Appreciation Special while in the background the Ogden Ave. bridge gets dismantled
Photo Date:  12/2/1995  Upload Date: 3/14/2011 1:58:08 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Richard Burdick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  850   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  date unknown
Photo Date:  1/1/1996  Upload Date: 12/28/2007 8:50:03 PM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Richard Burdick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  870   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  MILW 261 leads a wintry charter
Photo Date:  1/13/1996  Upload Date: 11/26/2022 8:53:21 PM
Location:  Mount Pocono, PA
Author:  Bob Phillips
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:51:03 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:52:14 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:53:28 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  712   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  passing Elmhurst Reservoir
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:54:41 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:55:55 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
MILW 261 Steamtown Winter Special
Title:  MILW 261 Steamtown Winter Special
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 4:32:02 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  A good show in the snow on a Steamtown Winter Special in February 1996
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 11/16/2010 11:19:14 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 11/16/2010 11:19:41 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
MILW 261 passing Elmhurst Reservoir on a Winter excursion to Tobyhanna
Title:  MILW 261 passing Elmhurst Reservoir on a Winter excursion to Tobyhanna
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 7:55:58 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  607   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 7:03:02 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) NS 7586(ES40DC)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
MILW 261 with a fine display of exhaust in winter
Title:  MILW 261 with a fine display of exhaust in winter
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 7:03:37 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 7:56:50 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
MILW 261 at the Tobyhanna depot switch
Title:  MILW 261 at the Tobyhanna depot switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 7:04:16 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  Winter photographers' special at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  2/17/1996  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:45:51 PM
Location:  Nay Aug, PA
Author:  Jeffrey Pfeiffer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  1000   Comments: 2
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/19/1996  Upload Date: 7/12/2012 8:30:48 AM
Location:  Lehigh, PA
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  746   Comments: 1
Steamtown fantrip to Cresco
Title:  Steamtown fantrip to Cresco
Description:  Milwaukee 261 doing a run-by. She brought us to Mt Pocono and was cutoff so diesel(s) could take us to Cresco. While we were off the train doing another run-by the CN3254 and RBM&N 425 were tacked on and we had double-headed steam take us back to Steamtown. What a trip!
Photo Date:  5/27/1996  Upload Date: 8/18/2009 10:51:01 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Jerry Albertie
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  722   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  MILW S1 4-8-4 #261 at Steamtown Nat'l Historic Site, Scranton, Pa. preparing to depart the Scranton area for points west.
Photo Date:  6/12/1996  Upload Date: 5/13/2018 6:32:58 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Bischak
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  MILW 261 is westbound on CSX. She had been to Steamtown.
Photo Date:  6/16/1996  Upload Date: 6/2/2020 2:51:34 PM
Location:  Warwick, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  Westbound on CSX about two minutes before drenching rains came
Photo Date:  6/16/1996  Upload Date: 2/20/2014 7:13:42 PM
Location:  Warwick, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  695   Comments: 2
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  WB
Photo Date:  6/16/1996  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 2:40:23 PM
Location:  Greenwich, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
MILW 4-8-4 #261 - Milwaukee Road
Title:  MILW 4-8-4 #261 - Milwaukee Road
Description:  G.A. McKay caught the 1944 Alco built 4-8-4 Milwuakee Road #261 getting ready to run a fan trip from the 1996 Galesburg RR Days festival. Always a hit wherever it shows up.
Photo Date:  6/23/1996  Upload Date: 3/14/2017 6:19:18 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  521   Comments: 1
MILW 261 & CBQ 3006
Title:  MILW 261 & CBQ 3006
Description:  During the 1996 annual Galesburg RR Days festival, two sharp looking locos stand next to each other. MILW 261, a 1944 Alco 4-8-4, was on display before heading up fan excursions at the festival. CBQ 3006, a 1930 4-6-4 Baldwin, is on permanent display at the Galesburg station. Both are excellent examples of steam in its heyday!
Photo Date:  6/23/1996  Upload Date: 3/14/2017 6:19:25 AM
Location:  Galesburg, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) CBQ 3006(4-6-4)
Views:  1409   Comments: 3
Excursion charges north
Title:  Excursion charges north
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1996  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 6:07:33 PM
Location:  Colona, IL
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
Westbound excursion eases west
Title:  Westbound excursion eases west
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1996  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 1:39:01 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Deadhead excursion races west
Title:  Deadhead excursion races west
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/1996  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 12:55:32 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Excursion rolls west through the University of Minnesota
Title:  Excursion rolls west through the University of Minnesota
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/1996  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 2:03:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Moving uphill on return to Minneapolis
Title:  Moving uphill on return to Minneapolis
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 12/17/2009 7:07:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
MILW 261 excursion on the wye at Division Street
Title:  MILW 261 excursion on the wye at Division Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/1996  Upload Date: 5/27/2008 7:58:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Jim Hinshaw
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  Exact date unknown. Clyde Richards author.
Photo Date:  7/20/1996  Upload Date: 6/13/2014 4:56:14 PM
Location:  New Castle, PA
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) CSX 6561(GP40) CSX 8202(SD40-2)
Views:  1156   Comments: 0
D&LW Imposter
Title:  D&LW Imposter
Description:  MILW #261 leads an excursion while disguised as Lackawanna #1661. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  7/24/1996  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 12:09:37 PM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) DLW 1661(4-8-4)
Views:  154   Comments: 0

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