Milwaukee Road Steam engine #261 has completed a major boiler rebuild, FRA tested and was fired up on Sept 29, 2012 at its home shops in Mpls MN.         
This steam engine is coal fired and could easily hit 100 MPH if it needed too. It was built by ALCO in 1944 near the end of WWII. see www.261.com for future rides for the public.
Date: 9/29/2012 Location: St Paul, MN Views: 203 Collection Of:   S Kotnour
Author:  S Kotnour
Milwaukee Road Steam engine #261 has completed a major boiler rebuild, FRA tested and was fired up on Sept 29, 2012 at its home shops in Mpls MN.
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Passenger This picture is part of album:  BNSF SD9 in 2010
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