Milwaukee Road #261

On June 27, 2004 Milwaukee Road #261 ventured onto the rails that were part of the first Grand Excursion celebration in 1854.  The Rock Island was the first to reach the Mississippi River.  On June 27th #261 pulled an excursion train on ex-Rock Island tracks now owned by Iowa Interstate Railroad.  The train ran from Rock Island, IL to Bureau Jct, IL and return.  With speeds of only 25-35mph there were plenty of photo opportunities.  However cloudy weather made for less than great photo conditions. 

Photo Locations include:
Colona, IL
Anawan, IL
Sheffield, IL
Tiskilwa, IL

Click on the thumbnail photos to see larger images. The larger image is not the actual size of the photo it is only about 20% of the actual size. Original Photo size is 3072x2048 pixels.

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Actual Size of photo file is 3072x2048 pixels or about 1 to 1.5 MB per photo. Of course photos on the CD will not have "Steam Trains and Tractors" printed across them.

To include photos from this page use File Name "261 June 27" and the File Number below the photo

All Photos above were taken by Keith Schmidt Copyright 2004

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Video Segment Available - Video shot at locations listed, PLUS other locations not shown in still photos. Length 24 minutes 19 seconds. To order use File 261 June 27