171s train heads north past Maple Springs with a pair of blue and yellows.

BNSF 9924 as DPU on an eastbound coal drag by Maple Springs.

The eastbound Builder crawls by Maple Springs at 10mph due to a broken rail. This held up traffic the entire morning making the afternoon a non stop cluster.

With temps in the single digits, my lungs were burning when I got to the top of the hill just in time to shoot this mixed freight headed west on the River Sub. Well worth the hike.

AMTK 8 skirts the Mississippi River passing from town to town. The last one they went through was Lake City seen the top right corner.

A pair of blue and yellows take this westbound to Saint Paul.

Just a bit behind the advertised, the eastbound Empire Builder flies through one of the trademark curves south of Lake City in Maple Springs, MN.

Close on the tail of 811, 581 heads west thru Maple Springs for its next stop in Lake City behind a pair of veteran EMDs.

With BNSF power leading the way, COLX empties from Wisconsin Power in Portage head west through one of the big S curves in Maple Springs, MN.

A pair of Candy Apple Red GP38-2's haul 581 west on the River Sub.

After SOO 6054 failed in route, the crew had to rearrange the power placing the third unit in the lead. They're seen at Maple Springs as they try and gain speed, down one unit.

Three units is common on the Empire Builder in the winter. Number 8 is seen running through Maple Springs with the Lake City elevator in the background.

A "Friends of the Milwaukee 261" excursion compliments the fall colors. A nice touch is the magnetic Hiawatha Logo on the front of the clean Amtrak unit.

Two geeps lead a lengthy 581 around the bend at Maple Springs. The train will go into the hole at Lakeview and let CP 499 pass.

An extra 199 heads through Maple Springs behind a one unit wonder.