4 RCPE SD40-2s rumble through the South Dakota countryside between Volga and Arlington.

13, count em, 13 EMDs are making a pick up of cement empties off the Sioux Valley Line between Volga and Brookings. This is power from 3 different trains making its way back to Huron.

Even though the newly formed Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern has been in existence for a few months, the local out of Brookings appears to be on somewhat of a same schedule as when the CP owned the l... (more)

With CP's change in management both this leased engine and the line it is on are on borrowed time.

The "City of Huron" heads west towards its namesake as it leads a 93-car freight through Volga, SD with a brutal wind out of the northwest blowing snow across the tracks.