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#261 Steam Locomotive announces 2017 Fall Colors Excursions.

7/12/2017

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Milwaukee Road #261, a coal burning steam locomotive. ALCO | 1944.
Milwaukee Road #261, a 4-8-4, coal burning, Steam Locomotive built by Alco in 1944, will pull historic Fall Color Excursions from Minneapolis Minnesota on September 30, and October 1, 2017. The excursions are presented by the Friends of 261 in cooperation with the Twin Cities and Western Railroad, and is subsidiary Minnesota Prairie Line. 

Saturday, September 30, the train will include a rare mileage trip over the Minnesota Prairie Line, former Minneapolis & St. Louis track that has not seen passenger service since 1960. This trip will operate from Minneapolis Jct. to either Gibbon or Winthrop, pending on time.

Sunday, October 1, our excursion train will head west from Minneapolis Jct., towards Glencoe on what was the route of Milwaukee Road’s famed Olympian Hiawatha to Seattle/Tacoma and has not seen regularly scheduled passenger train service since 1969.

Sat. & Sun. trains will depart from Minneapolis Jct. at 9:00 am and return at approximately 5:00 pm.

The trip will be operated without diesel assistance westbound. A diesel on the rear of the train will pull the train backward to our origin point since there are no turning facilities on this route.
The trip will also include photo run-by's so passengers can capture photos and videos of No. 261 in action.


For Tickets and More information ---> 261.com/excursions/2017-fall-colors/


6 Comments
MIchelle Montez
7/27/2017 11:06:55 am

Just wondering if train will be going through Holyoke mn area and when it will go through

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JD
9/20/2017 12:18:01 pm

We run this train out of Minneapolis to Duluth and we haven't even gotten the schedule yet. Hopefully soon! :)

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Colorado Zephyr
10/1/2017 06:30:44 am

Wonderful trip on September 30, 2017 to Winthrop,Minnesota.

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TrainChasers.com
10/3/2017 12:53:15 pm

Great to hear! Friends of the #261 is such a great operation. I wasn't able to make it up for a trip this year.

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Dave Herber
10/11/2017 07:05:46 pm

When is 261 steam coming thru Winona MN

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Michael Schafer link
1/13/2018 11:40:05 am

When will the 261 be in Seattle during January 2018?

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