Grain loads from McLaughlin, South Dakota to the Belt Railway of Chicago at Clearing, Illinois stretch across the Missouri River and Lake Oahe at Mobridge atop the bridge constructed by the Milwau... (more)

The sun sets on the South Dakota landscape as an SD60M waits to depart with the Willmar to Aberdeen local. With newer GEs ruling most of BNSF's mainlines, it's always a treat to watch and listen ... (more)

RCPE SD40-2 3430 leads the MRCHU east of Blunt, SD on 5/25/2016.

Spring is barely in evidence on May 15, 1972 as Milwaukee Road GP9 211 accelerates across the James River bridge at Yankton, S.D., with an eastbound for Sioux City, Iowa. Dating from 1875, this li... (more)

Feeling the loads here, the engineer has his units pegged as they climb over the hill and under I90.

RCPE 6442 and two other SD40-2's have the LBFRC in tow and heading for Rapid City. The train is grinding south through the Black Hills and is about to pass under I-90.

Rapid City Pierre and Eastern's MHURC and MRCHU meet at day's last light at Miller East Siding Switch.

The Belle Fourche turn runs through a very varied route, from the rolling hills seen here just out of Belle Fourche, to the mini-mountains near Sturgis and the urban area in Rapid City. The area t... (more)

Numerous family/railfan vacations over the years allowed me a lot of time to photo the CNW in the Black Hills area. The Western Division GP35's with their roof mounted air tanks and big fuel tanks... (more)

The silhouette of a pair of BNSF GE's lead a westbound freight across the Appleton Sub and toward Aberdeen, SD, just after the sun has dropped below the horizon line.

Some of the exceptionally flat terrain in Northeast South Dakota can give way to some exceptionally brilliant sunsets. Much like this one lighting up sky just west of Aberdeen on BNSF's Mobridge S... (more)

An eastbound Ellis and Eastern local freight crosses the Sioux River in Sioux Falls, SD on Oct. 9, 2013 with SW1200RS No. 7 and SW900 No. 17.

After a day of cold wind and rain the sun finally got a chance to break out under the back side of the days cloud cover to light the sky for a great sunset. Lit up by this sunset is a pair of a BN... (more)

Three ICE SD40's take 571 slowly through the hills of South Dakota down a hill and around a curve.

Aberdeen yard job under the sun. BNSF 1667 and another 40-2 shove on a cut of tanks and hoppers during the last minutes of light on the last day of winter.