The Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive will arrive in Duluth from the Twin Cities about 3 p.m. Saturday, pulling 15 cars bearing more than 500 passengers who will spend the night in the Twin Ports.

The Milwaukee Road 261 steam engine and its line of cars carrying several hundred passengers pass under the 27th Avenue West viaduct in Duluth on Saturday afternoon, May 11, 2013. The train was en ...

One of the LSRM and NSSR's attractions, of course, is the steam-powered 2719, built in 1923. The Soo Line's last steam-powered train, it was retired in 1959. The 261 was built in 1944.