The "Belle Turn" slides by the Black Hills National Cemetery (on former C&NW trackage) enroute to Rapid City, SD.

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

LBFRC winds around a curve after some switching in Sturgis. This spot was opened up by construction from a Ford dealership that went in this year.

RCPE 6442 and two other SD40-2's have the LBFRC in tow and heading for Rapid City. The train is seen grinding past the Black Hills National Cemetery just south of Sturgis, SD.

RCPE 6442 and two other SD40-2's have the LBFRC in tow through the motorcycle city of Sturgis, SD. The train is working hard through Sturgis as it moves south through the Black Hills toward Rapid ... (more)

This ain't your dad's C&NW... or maybe it is. There may no longer be green and yellow or blue and gold... but there is fresh orange and yellow and while many upgrades are being made to this area, ... (more)

I would have taken blue and yellows, but a pair of fresh RCP&E units were hard to beat! The pair is seen here pulling hard as they trundle over a bridge in Sturgis, nary a motorcycle to be seen.

Southbound Belle Turn heads under I90 just south of Sturgis on its way to Rapid City.

A trio of RCP&E blue 'n yellows rolls southward through Sturgis with a short train for Rapid City.

The Belle Fourche Turn works over a hill as it chugs south for Rapid City.

The Belle Fourche turn heads north crossing Pleasant Valley Rd just south of Sturgis, SD

Breaking away from the Bike Rally in Sturgis, I came across this southbound ICE locomotive leading a freight down Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern track.

The view from the cab of DME 6090 southbound on the Black Hills sub. Passing through the bridge just north of Whitewood, SD.