The orange and red maples at Maple Springs add to the colorful consist of the Fall Colors Train.
CP 2816 and Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 are heading west from La Crosse, Wis., to Minneapolis along the CPR's ex-Milwaukee Road main line along the Mississippi River at Maple Springs.
CP 2816 and Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 are heading east from Minneapolis to La Crosse, Wis., along the CPR's ex-Milwaukee Road main line along the Mississippi River.
CP 2816 cruises along the Mississippi River along the former Milwaukee Road at Maple Springs, just east of Lake City, Minn. en route to Milwaukee and Chicago.
CP 287 puts on a good show with one kick A$$ lash-up. I chased this train from Bangor (where i work) to Lake City, almost 100 miles even though I had to work the next morning at 5 AM. More to com... (more)
A pair of new ES44AC's and a Warbonnet SD75M roll a loaded coal train to Portage, WI in the scenic Upper Mississippi River valley.
Near Robert's Point
A single AC4400 is in charge of a 6296ft train, as it rounds the superelevated s-curve at Maple Springs. It was travelling at about 55mph.
CP 9827, CP 9657, CP 8710, CP 9596
261 Starting out her day of excursions along the mighty mississippi.