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 ...

FARGO - A vintage steam locomotive will chug through southeastern North Dakota soon, pulling excursion cars and giving people a rare opportunity to see train travel as it was more than 70 years ...

Steve Sandberg, who used to follow his grandfather to work at the Milwaukee Railroad roundhouse in South Minneapolis, today supervises his own train and crew on a 1944 steam locomotive he helped to ...

Duluth will be the place to be for steam locomotive enthusiasts this weekend. And for the first time in years, more than 500 of them will arrive from the Twin Cities on a train pulled by the historic ...

Celebrate the return of steam to the Northeast Minneapolis railroad yards at 5 p.m. May 10 with the restoration of a 1944 Milwaukee Railroad steam locomotive. The public is invited to view the ...

Duluth will be the place to be for steam locomotive enthusiasts this weekend. And for the first time in years, more than 500 of them will arrive from the Twin Cities on a train pulled by the historic ...

WILLMAR - A piece of railroad history is chugging into town Saturday with a visit by the Milwaukee Road No. 261 steam engine. Willmar is the train’s last stop during a day-long excursion that starts ...

A ghost of sorts will make an appearance Friday as the Milwaukee Road steam locomotive 261 powers into the Quad-Cities as part of Grand Excursion activities. The locomotive is expected to arrive at ...

The train appeared out of the great distance, swathed in dense black and gray smoke pouring from its own stack, like a visitor from a different time, hissing and puffing, stinking of sweet water and ...

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 special excursion train as part of ...

DULUTH, Minn.—A historic locomotive will steam into Duluth this weekend, pulling a trainload of more than 500 rail enthusiasts on a trip from the Twin Cities. The Milwaukee Road 261 locomotive will ...