Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway 3362 is a bit far from home as it leads RCPE's Huron to Rapid City manifest train West at Wall, South Dakota.
Usually the daily train passes Wall, SD during the night, but due to a derailment the day before, we were able to catch it in the morning.
After a meet, conductor is lining siding switch for the westbound.
Pounding their way up Wall hill, three venerable 40s work eastward with traffic for Huron.
A grade crossing accident in Minnesota delayed the westbound slog of this train so it was able to make an appearance in daylight through Wall, home of the famous Wall Drug Store. At least the leas... (more)
CP bought the DME and wanted to build a track from Wall SD to the Powder River Basin.
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern 6100 (ex- BN 6322) heads through Wall with an early morning train. This DM&E line - lightly used - is rumored to be up for abandonment or sale under current Canadian Pacif... (more)
CITX SD40-2 3157 (ex-UP) leads a dog's breakfast of of leased units into the DM&E siding at Wall, where they'll sit for the next 24 hours. With big changes being made at Canadian Pacific this li... (more)
The Rapid City, SD, to Huron, SD, freight train is doing work at Wall off the siding. This crew went to work at 5am and Rapid City for the trip to Philip today that will take about 10 hours to ma... (more)
A former Union Pacific SD40-2 heads up a DM&E train at Wall, South Dakota.
DM&E westbound rounds a curve west of Wall, SD. The train is headed for Rapid City, SD on this 100 degree day.
Eastbound and westbound trains meet in downtown Wall.
The fog has lifted by the time the eastbound passes through Wall.
A westbound puts its train away at Wall, SD before heading down Wall hill to assist an eastbound train up into town.
16 axles drag a long freight up Wall Hill, the ruling grade on DME's west end.