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
The Milwaukee Road S3 Class was a class of 10 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in 1944 and operated by the Milwaukee Road until the mid 1950s. The locomotives saw service in pulling freight and passenger trains throughout the Milwaukee Road.
MILW 265 on display in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in early 1966.
Milwaukee Road 261, the sole operational unit