Milwaukee Road 261 on the ex-Milwaukee Road (2018)

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Glad to see her back and running again

[@NorthlandTrains]

That's for sure!

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@NorthlandTrains and yet she's back and running on her home rails former Milwaukee Road trackage which was once the Milwaukee Road's main line to the Pacific Northwest once the route of the Olympian Hiawatha

[@MikeJensen-jt9yr]

A GREAT post. Thank you for doing so. Nice to see 261 on "home" rails.

[@NorthlandTrains]

Thank you!

[@BalticFilms144]

Once PTC is installed, they can probably do more trips under the insurance of BNSF. I really hope they can bring her back to Wisconsin though. Trips on the BNSF to WSOR is not unlikely.

[@NorthlandTrains]

Steve and the gang are always attempting new trips, PTC will be a bonus to help plead their case, you never know what could happen.

[@theempirebuilder9144]

Hey! I saw you on the returning trip the next day, also great video

[@NorthlandTrains]

Thanks, small world!

[@BNSF1458]

Will 261 ever resume excursions on the Hinckley Sub?

[@NorthlandTrains]

I'm sure there's always a chance, you never know what's up their sleeves. Odds will probably increase whenever PTC is installed on the 261, though.

[@pugetwashingtonrailfanner3289]

Fantastic Video Keon

[@NorthlandTrains]

Thank you!

[@AlongCameDalton]

Gotta love 2018 steam

[@NorthlandTrains]

For sure, thanks!

[@CoalChrome]

Someone should get IRM to restore the 265, and if it was painted in Hiawatha livery, oh boy would people have a field day. Those TP&W locos are painted in a Rock Island esk livery

[@NorthlandTrains]

Not sure the condition of 265, but it would take an extensive effort to restore it.

[@CoalChrome]

Keon's Trains I saw it fairly recently, it looks good. They keep it inside. There’s the usual boiler work, but aside from that it looks pretty good

[@Petemonster62]

I understand that the Milwaukee Road had another train on that line named " The Columbian ". Is 261 too big for the turntable at Montevideo?

[@ryanolearick4174]

Is there a speed restriction? Looks like it's not going any faster than 30 mph.

[@NorthlandTrains]

30mph to my knowledge is the track limit, there was a restriction in Cologne were the train was going at most 10mph

[@ckuehncnwhsyt]

That's all they have left after the steam used up constantly shrieking the whistle.

[@jacksalvin364]

On the former Milwaukee Road line.

[@NorthlandTrains]

Yep

[@jacksalvin364]

☺😉

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

What's the PTC?

[@NorthlandTrains]

Positive Train Control, google it.

[@CoalChrome]

Someone should tell Owosso that their whistle was been stolen

[@NorthlandTrains]

Uh no, 261 has had that whistle for decades, perhaps 25 years.

[@CoalChrome]

I know that, I was making a joke, they are very similar sounding whistles

[@ckuehncnwhsyt]

@@CoalChrome Nice sounding whistle, yes, but it would be sort of nice to hear an occasional snatch of the engine sounds.