Milwaukee Road SD9's Road Nos. 502-511. Unknown photographer photo, from my collection.

Another Hill RCPE has just crested another Hill along the ex Chicago & North Western line to Belle Fourche. The train is heavy with bentonite clay which is used in oil drilling and vari... (more)

Uintah Railway Lives Okay, Soooo it is not the Uintah Railway. However the former Baldwin logging 2-6-6-2 climbing a 6% grade is as close as you can get to experiencing a Uintah Mallet.... (more)

A Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2 sits outside the locomotive maintenance shop in Rapid City.

A trio of RCPE SD40-2's have the LBFRC underway on the return trip to Belle Fourche. The train is coming out of the northern edge of the Black Hills with a train of empties heading back for more l... (more)

A trio of RCPE SD40-2's have the LBFRC underway on the return trip to Belle Fourche. The train is skirting along the northern edge of the Black Hills with a train of empties heading back for more ... (more)

RCPE 3446 leads the LBFRC along the Black Hills with a train of bentonite clay loads. At Rapid City they will swap out their train for empties to eventually be ordered and loaded at Colony, WY.

RCPE 3446 leads the LBFRC along the Black Hills with a train of bentonite clay loads. At Rapid City they will swap out their train for empties to eventually be ordered and loaded at Colony, WY.

RCPE 3482 leads the LBFRC along the Black Hills with a train of bentonite clay loads. At Rapid City they will swap out their train for empties to eventually be ordered and loaded at Colony, WY.

RCPE 3482 leads the LBFRC along the Black Hills with a train of bentonite clay loads. At Rapid City they will swap out their train for empties to eventually be ordered and loaded at Colony, WY.

RCPE 3482 leads the LBFRC along the Black Hills with a train of bentonite clay loads. At Rapid City they will swap out their train for empties to eventually be ordered and loaded at Colony, WY.

The sun has nearly dipped below the horizon as the Huron to Rapid City train rolls West. After climbing a hilly pasture riddled with cow pies, this was my frame of the train filling out the landsc... (more)

As the sun sinks lower, the engineer of RCPE 3471 has resorted to using a safety vest as a sun shade.

The quartet of SD40-2s in charge of MHURC rumble past a miscellaneous assortment of junk as they push West towards Midland.

The Huron to Rapid City has almost reached Midland as they amble West.