Despite a late arrival in blustery wind and spitting snow, the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive and its 500-plus passengers arrived at the Duluth Depot on Saturday in an atmosphere of festive ...

Former Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will make its first extended excursion in three years in October, powering “Harvest BBQ ...

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.

Rail fans gather near La Crosse’s Amtrak Depot on June 30, 2004, to see the Milwaukee Road 261 steam engine locomotive during its stop in La Crosse while pulling a ...

The train has been at the Milwaukee County Zoo since 1958, and the steam engines were gifts from The Milwaukee Journal; they're named after then-Journal executives Harry Grant and Irwin Maier.

Sat., Feb. 18, 2023 Passengers on a Milwaukee Road train spent a cold and frightening two days trapped in a tunnel at Snoqualmie Pass, the Spokesman-Review reported on Feb. 18, 1923.