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Viewing Album:  Wisconsin/Minnesota Trip 2008 Day Two - MILW 261
 
By:Austin Seely
Dates:8/19/2008 - 8/19/2008
Album Info:The chase...Milwaukee 261 from Portage to Hastings
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A Classic MILW Hopper
Title:  A Classic MILW Hopper
Description:  A classic Milwaukee hopper sitting the Portage yard
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:16 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
MILW 96015
Title:  MILW 96015
Description:  Another classic Milwaukee hopper in the Portage yard
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:17 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  198   Comments: 0
Milwaukee 261
Title:  Milwaukee 261
Description:  261 and train arrives in Portage for a brief stop to water the Super Dome
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:18 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
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Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Skytop Lounge
Title:  Skytop Lounge
Description:  The classic Skytop Lounge "Cedar Rapids" brings up the rear of the train
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:18 PM
Location:  Dakota, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  327   Comments: 0
MILW 261 departing
Title:  MILW 261 departing
Description:  261 and train depart Portage...next stop, The Dells
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:19 PM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
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Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Station sign
Title:  Station sign
Description:  The station sign on the former Milwaukee depot at Tomah
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:20 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
MILW 261 moving right along
Title:  MILW 261 moving right along
Description:  MILW 261 passing through Tomah at IM speed, the train met #8 at Camp Douglas
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:20 PM
Location:  Tomah, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
Milw 261
Title:  Milw 261
Description:  The steam train passes through the quiet town of West Salem, heading for a servicing stop at La Crosse
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:21 PM
Location:  West Salem, WI
Author:  Austin Seely
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Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
Chopping down the brush
Title:  Chopping down the brush
Description:  While Steve and company were servicing 261 in La Crosse, a group of chasers landed on the popular lookout point in Dakota. This individual was kind enough to crawl through the brush and weeds to destroy some foliage that was in the way of the photoline.
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:22 PM
Location:  Dakota, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Passing the lookout point
Title:  Passing the lookout point
Description:  Done servicing, 261 and crew pass the lookout point at Dakota...interesting enough, noted photographer Steve Glischinski is standing over my left shoulder shooting away with the rest of us
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:22 PM
Location:  Dakota, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 518(B32-8WH)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Going away in a cloud of smoke
Title:  Going away in a cloud of smoke
Description:  Smoke fills the air as 261 and train are clear of the Dakota lookout point...the chase to Winona is on!
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:28 PM
Location:  Dakota, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  148   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 leans into a curve just west of Donehower at IM speed
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:30 PM
Location:  Donehower, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
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Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Super Dome and the Skytop Lounge
Title:  Super Dome and the Skytop Lounge
Description:  Through the windshield of the Escape, we see the Skytop Lounge and Super Dome bring up the rear of the special
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:31 PM
Location:  Homer, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  237   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 passing through the scenic Mississippi River valley
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:32 PM
Location:  Whitman, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  Through a dirty and cracked windshield, 261 flys up the CP River Subdivision
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:32 PM
Location:  Minneiska, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 passes over a bridge just south of Weaver, MN
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:33 PM
Location:  Weaver, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
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Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 518(B32-8WH)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Drawbridge
Title:  Milwaukee Road Drawbridge
Description:  The famous drawbridge over the Mississippi River at Hastings, MN
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:34 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
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Views:  702   Comments: 0
Hastings, MN Drawbridge
Title:  Hastings, MN Drawbridge
Description:  The drawbridge over the Big Muddy still showing its Milwaukee Road heritage in 2008!
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:34 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
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Views:  172   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 and Amtrak unit 518 pass over the drawbridge at Hastings
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:35 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 518(B32-8WH)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 and train pass over the Mississippi River one last time...
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:36 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) AMTK 518(B32-8WH)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Super Dome and Skytop Lounge
Title:  Super Dome and Skytop Lounge
Description:  The Super Dome and Skytop Lounge bring the rear of the special over the drawbridge, ending my chase of 261 for the day...
Photo Date:  8/19/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2008 9:41:36 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Austin Seely
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  190   Comments: 0

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