Milwaukee Road 261 - The Grand Excursion (2004)

In June 2004, the Milwaukee Road 261 was part of the Grand Excursion tour, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of a special railroad and riverboat excursion into the Upper MIssissippi Valley. This is an old video that I made at the time, covering some of the 261's excursion through eastern Iowa, from the Davenport area to Dubuque. Pretty simple editing but hopefully folks will enjoy it.
You can find out more about the Grand Excursion in 2004 here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_E...

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Thank you for posting! I was working the second to last car for this trip, the Sierra Hotel.

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0:16 “hey what’s up” “a steam locomotive is coming though”

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June 27th and 28th 2004.