DAIR 3028 and company roll through Hudson.

The Dakota & Iowa Southbound splits Highway 143 as it cruises through Inwood.

DAIR 3028 has made it through the railroad traffic jam that is downtown Sioux City, and continues South out of town.

DAIR 3028 leads a train over the Big Sioux River.

Dakota & Iowa's Southbound is about to cross under the Interstate 90 overpass it approaches Sioux Falls.

DAIR 3028 and four other units move South with nearly 100 cars in tow.

After completing their pick up, the DAIR Southbound heads towards Sioux Falls and points beyond.

Dakota & Iowa's Southbound train makes a pull from the quarry at Dell Rapids. Once built, this train will be just shy of 100 cars loaded with rip-rap, ballast, and other aggregate type product.

A southbound Dakota & Iowa Railroad train rolls through downtown Sioux Falls, passing the former Great Northern depot, a former BN caboose, and a couple of pieces of snowfighting equipment that, t... (more)

A southbound Dakota & Iowa Railroad rock train from Dell Rapids arrives in Sioux Falls, crossing the diversion canal for the Big Sioux River near the airport. The wind was remarkably absent on thi... (more)

Four EMD's bring a southbound Dakota & Iowa Railroad train from Dell Rapids toward Sioux Falls, seen near Renner, South Dakota. The leaves aren't the only sign of change as welded rail has been la... (more)

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.

A couple of sucker holes rewarded us with a few sunny shots late in the day of the empty Dakota and Iowa train just north of Sioux City. We're in the parking lot of Park Jefferson Speedway for thi... (more)

Todays return to the Dakota and Iowa Railroad rewarded us with some interesting skies, for example, seen here as 2505-2506 sit after finishing work in the small yard at Hudson, SD. We had almost b... (more)