An intermodal flies west through Maiden Rock. Despite it being very late into October, a good amount of foliage was still present.

A manifest from Amarillo, Texas heads up the St. Croix Sub towards Minneapolis, with a trio of H2 GEs, in colorful Maiden Rock.

Autoracks head up the St. Croix Sub on a nice autumn afternoon along the Mississippi.

BNSF 5188 brings its manifest freight to a stop for a signal at Maiden Rock, WI on its run from Northtown, MN to North La Crosse, WI.

BNSF 5905 rolls through Maiden Rock, WI at track speed )or more) along the Mississippi River. Apparantly BNSF does not want people using their stored rails as balance beams.

BNSF 3873, a brand ET44C4 trails on the V-TACLPC as it runs along the Mississippi river through Maiden Rock, WI..

Two Cascade Green SD60Ms take charge of the LaCrosse West local as they service the quarry in Maiden Rock.

NS 8113 (ES44AC) and NS 1074 (Lackawanna SD70ACe) lead a BNSF Empty Oil Train West towards the North Dakota Bakken Oil Fields in Maiden Rock, WI.

CP 9359 leads a Westbound Detoured Oil Train through Maiden Rock on the BNSF St. Croix Sub.

A couple Cascade Green SD60Ms lead a manifest West through Maiden Rock on their way to the Twin Cities.

2 Trains Parked side by side in Maiden Rock. This is quite uncommon since this is BNSF's northern Transcon route, but it did make for a nice photo opportunity.

BNSF 1102 leads a freight down the Mississippi River across a creek just south of Maiden Rock, Wis.

The BNSF local out of La Crosse is toughing out the blizzard switching the sand plant in Maiden Rock, WI. A couple of MOW workers arrived early to clean snow out of the switches and stayed to help... (more)

Winter has settled in over the upper Mississippi River valley with cold and light snow that whips up around a westbound BNSF manifest.

The sun peeks out from behind the clouds long enough to catch this Westbound gliding along the Mississippi River.