Dakota Southern Railway Alco C-420 No. 213 sits at the railroad’s facility at Chamberlain, South Dakota, on May 14, 1995. The locomotive is dressed is a Rock Island-inspired red-and-black paint ... (more)

BHC 108 arrives back at Hill City, SD with its tourist train after a trip to Keystone. The vintage steamer was built in March 1926 for Weyerhaueser Timber.

RCPE 3456 and 3434 trundle west from Huron, SD at about 10 mph with a long string of covered hoppers en route to Pierre and eventually Rapid City. The train will meet up with a BNSF train at Wolse... (more)

RCPE 2087 hangs out near the Huron station sign at their yard between switching duties. The fresh looking unit has been around a while, starting life as IC GP40 3053, built in February 1967. It is... (more)

Black Hills Central GE 80 tonner is parked next to their tourist passenger train at Hill City, SD. The train on the left had recently arrived from its round trip to Keystone pulled by steamer no. ... (more)

DMIR 310, a rebuilt SD18 classified by Missabe as an SD-M, gets a new lease on life at the elevator complex in Pierre, SD, handling switching chores as needed. Pierre is served by the Rapid City, ... (more)

This Rapid City to Huron train is about 15 miles into their trip from Rapid City to Phillip for the next crew change. The crew got on at Box Elder and has been slowly working east for the past 2 h... (more)

I was watching the weather and seen that there was maybe a chance for some drop under light at sunset. Well we chased this eastbound Rapids City to Huron train from Van Meter to east of Wendte bef... (more)

GP40 no. 2085 shares space at Genessee & Wyoming's Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern roundhouse at Huron, SD. The bright orange colors replace a long line of history at this location. Prior owner Dakot... (more)

Fort Igloo The bridge with the flaking bright orange paint from which I took this photo was the main entrance to Fort Igloo. In the early 1940s prior to Pearl Harbor it was almost inevitab... (more)

RCPE 4365 along with an ex SP Tunnel Motor that was working on the ex Kyle.

RCPE 2085 at Huron, SD.

The late afternoon sun shines on the nose of the empty D&I rock train as it comes around the wye and off of the BNSF's Aberdeen Sub. and onto home rails at Elk Point, SD.