To steal a piece of construction from C-3P0, "I'm afraid the Superintendent has gone and done something enviable." That is to say, he's gotten an excursion ride aboard a train powered by Milwaukee Road 261. This locomotive, a 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive originally built for the Milwaukee Road, was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1944 and was restored to operational service in 1993 by volunteers in a for-profit capacity.

His entry has lots of useful pictures and is a good read; go on and check it out. We in western Virginia haven't had this kind of opportunity in some years, so it's a fun thing to read about a museum piece's successful operation. Love that Skytop lounge!

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