BNSF 5390 leading a mixed freight train through hay fields in South Dakota

With a heavy train for Rapid City, the Belle Fourche turn screams out of Sturgis with three of RCPEs finest up front.

The Aberdeen local wraps around the horseshoe curve southwest of Bristol. This was one of the realignments the Milwaukee Road performed on this line after it was built.

The 661 heads through the small, unincorporated community of Holmquist. Settled between Bristol and Webster, not much goes on at this place. The elevator still stands, though it's obvious it has n... (more)

The Aberdeen local heads west through Marvin on a pleasant September afternoon.

Union Pacific 6925 is living on borrowed time with metaphorical eviction notice to vacate the former Dakota Southern property now in operation by Watco's Ringneck & Western who leases the railroad... (more)

I had good luck catching a southbound D&I train here at basically the same time on two consecutive days with absolutely perfect weather. The clean, classic motive power and predictable weekday ope... (more)

Three SD40-2s are roaring up the hill out of the Big Sioux River valley on the south side of Sioux Falls, passing some fall colors that complement the DAIR paint scheme nicely.

A Dakota & Iowa train rolls past the former Great Northern depot in downtown Sioux Falls. This is a busy location that sees trains from DAIR, Ellis & Eastern, and BNSF. Some of the real estate in ... (more)

A southbound Dakota & Iowa train crosses the diversion canal for the Big Sioux River as it arrives in Sioux Falls behind three SD40-2s on a clear autumn morning.

With a lot of slow miles behind it from Rapid City an eastbound train waits for another crew to bring it over the next leg of the trip to Huron. The tracks to the east are in better shape with a 4... (more)

Black Hills Central Railroad no. 110 crosses over the Pine Creek trestle that passes by a little boy fishing.

A westbound RCPE train is being tied down in the distance as the remnants of a recent derailment await further cleanup in the small town of Elkton, SD.

Got a chance to use my telephoto lens here as the train passes a curve before Bristol

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