A Dresser trap rock train shoving in to be loaded. CP 6248 CP 2202 CP 5041

A pair of UP Heritage Units lead a westbound rock train as it nears the crest of its climb out of the Missouri River Valley.

Rock Train crossing 1908 American Bridge Deck Truss Swing Bridge over the Root River.

With minutes to spare before sunset, the northbound DAIR Rock Train crosses the Big Sioux River, passing from Fairview, SD into Iowa. As information, the train has four SD40-2s, two SD39-2s, and ... (more)

The DAIR Rock Train waits for a road crew to report, make a pick up, and take the train south on Oct. 8, 2013. A yard crew has brought the train down from another quarry north of town and parked ... (more)

The southbound DAIR Rock Train drops downgrade past some grain elevators as it begins its day in Dell Rapids, SD on Oct. 8, 2013.

The KB&S heads for home at Iroquois Junction, passing over fields as it approaches St. Anne.

KB&S 702 leads a short rock train south through Beaverville.

NIRC 5 holds the siding in Orland Park, tied down for the 4th of July weekend.

Stuck in Lodi again.. (CCR, c. 1970)

57 Herzog cars with UP ballast loads step out onto the Merrimac bridge crossing Lake Wisconsin.

A sure sign of spring is the start of Dakota & Iowa operating rock trains to support construction projects. Here a loaded train creeps through the BNSF yard in downtown Sioux Falls on a nice earl... (more)

Rock and Rail's first rock train of the year provided a surprise. The train was led by UP Rio Grande Heritage Unit 1989 seen here exiting the Royal Gorge near Canon City, CO. It was a good day to ... (more)

Rock and Rail's first rock train of the year provided a surprise. The train was led by UP Rio Grande Heritage Unit 1989 seen here about to depart the siding at Parkdale and enter the Royal Gorge. ... (more)

A late rock train heads out of Dell Rapids at sunset. The train is enroute to Sioux City with 102 loads. 4 SD's will power this train for the 100 mile trip to Sioux City. At Sioux City 13 cars go ... (more)