by Justin Young | May 9, 2015 | Trips
The Friends of the 261 and BNSF Railway teamed up to participate in the annual Amtrak Train Day at the Union Depot in St. Paul on May 9, 2015. BNSF ES44C4 No. 8143 pulled the Friends business car Lamberts Point, baggage car 2450, Super Dome 53 and Skytop Cedar Rapids... 
by Justin Young | Oct 27, 2013 | Trips
Friend’s car fleet travels cross-country on “Station to Station” artist train “Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening” an Avant-garde traveling music, film, and art extravaganza hired the Friends of the 261 to assemble an assortment of cars that traveled... 
by Justin Young | Sep 1, 2013 | Trips
Bonton Model Shoot In September 2013, the Friends of the 261 proudly presented the Cedar Rapids as the centerpiece for Bonton’s fall catalog. The catalog, themed “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” featured the Cedar Rapids alongside a remarkable collection... 
by Justin Young | May 27, 2011 | Trips
In 2011, Loram, along with CP, ran a special train as part of the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association show held at Minneapolis’s own Humboldt yard and Convention Center in... 
by Justin Young | Aug 27, 2010 | Trips
<<Gallery August, 2010 – Clocker Coaches used in filming of a new movie, “Abduction” The Friends were contacted by a movie company and asked if we had any coaches they could temporarily paint to look like Amtrak cars. In Mid August the cars were sent to... 
by Justin Young | May 27, 2008 | Trips
Every so often the BNSF does Employee Appreciation Specials, in 2008 the Friends was asked by the BNSF if we would do the honors in pulling the BNSF cars from MPLS Junction to Howard Lake, just west of the...