As the sun sinks lower, the engineer of RCPE 3471 has resorted to using a safety vest as a sun shade.
The quartet of SD40-2s in charge of MHURC rumble past a miscellaneous assortment of junk as they push West towards Midland.
The Huron to Rapid City has almost reached Midland as they amble West.
RCP&E rumbles westbound toward's Rapid City.
South Dakota Central 103C sits in the afternoon sun at the 50’s Train Diner in Midland, SD.
RCPE 3433 switches the grain elevator in Midland.
RCPE 3433 is at a 10 MPH crawl as it rolls over the Bad River.
The bright orange G&W paint scheme of the RCPE adds some nice color to the vast South Dakota landscape.
Yucca plant lines the Pink Lady ballast that helps support the 1939 forged stick rail that the Chicago & North Western Transportation Company laid nearly seven-and-a-half decades ago, which is sti... (more)
Plenty of old CNW relics to be found along the PRC Sub from bridges to mile posts and town signs.
Three Blue and Gold SD40's take 571 slowly over a bridge just West of Midland, SD.
The Huron, SD, to Rapid City, SD, freight train rolls west with 70 cars towards next crew change at Philip. This train left Pierre at 09:40, and in 5 hours has only traveled 50 miles. This end of ... (more)
This trio of EMDs is keeping a healthy DME manifest at a 10mph pace as they head west toward the small town of Midland, SD.
The daily westbound out of Pierre on the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern makes its slow trek through the wide open South Dakota landscape.
