Milwaukee Road 261
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Milwaukee Road 261 is a class "S3" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York in July 1944 for the Milwaukee Road.
Milwaukee Road No. 261 at Milwaukee Intermodal Station in June 2006
Exterior of the Milwaukee Road 261's cab.
Milwaukee Road 261 on display at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay in August 1970
261 crossing the Mississippi River at Hastings, Minnesota in October 2007
American Locomotive Company
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The American Locomotive Company was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
The Alco Schenectady plant in 1906
An Alco builder's plate on Lake Superior and Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 24 at the National Railroad Museum
Milwaukee Road 261, a 1944 American 4-8-4 steam locomotive
American No 75214 Tr2 1319 at the Finnish Railway Museum