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Milwaukee Road 261

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During 1995 and 1996, Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 visited Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Below are some scenes from 261's eastern swing.

The first photo is of 261's return home, as it passed a semaphore at Barton, New York, on Conrail's Southern Tier Line on June 13, 1996.

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On August 13, 1995, David Goodheart of Goodheart Video chartered 261 for the Great Freight over the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad, the same track used by Steamtown's trains. The freight made a runby past the abandoned Lackawanna tower at Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania.

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The Great Freight was storming upgrade at Lehigh Summit east of Moscow, Pennsylvania.

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