Enginer has his engines in Run 8 as they slog through the hills of South Dakota. Huge mini-mountains rise to the rear as an old mile marker still remains.

I would have taken blue and yellows, but a pair of fresh RCP&E units were hard to beat! The pair is seen here pulling hard as they trundle over a bridge in Sturgis, nary a motorcycle to be seen.

"You wanna take pictures of it, you come help clean it!" The guys had a point! Fellow photog Robert Auberg runs the hose as the crew from the SCXY volunteers to scrub down these shiny engines. The... (more)

Shortline railroading at its finest. After switching out the plant in Rush City, the crew ties down the engines and gets to work helping the Section Crew. The SCXY has grown enough to where a dies... (more)

If you dont look too hard... well you know. Big girls pull by an ex BN nee GN #518. The little green guy will be shipped out the next day for other points on the ILSX grid. Was pretty neat seeing ... (more)

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you! Here we have two SD45's, being hand-washed, in Northern Pacific paint, voluntarily in 2014! The SCRY takes great pride in their equipment and operation. Note th... (more)

A nice looking howitzer serves as a nice memorial to the men and woman of our armed forces as the SCRY crew goes about their morning business. Note that these engines are now RADIO EQUIPPED!

Ore train bound for Proctor enters the lonely stretch of highway between MP 56 and the siding at Alborn, a distance of about 20 miles of nearly dead straight track.

On a crisp fall morning two appropriately colored engines take this load of pellets down to the dock. I have seen a few people on here asking why the trains run around this track here. The track t... (more)

Empties for Minntac pound through Biwabik on an absolutely gorgeous fall day. In the background a train for BFT for Two Harbors sits.

Thankfully Culver's light held out at this U-Tac train thunders home to Proctor. Oddly enough, this was the second consist I saw today in this exact configuration. The light really shows how the r... (more)

March isn't a banner month for color along the River Subdivision but the mighty Mississippi still flows.

A nice trio of blue and golds blasts down the River Sub.

Today we removed two old wooden box cars from the waterfront cement plant that is destined to become a world class destination hotel and convention center. The track the F unit is on only sees ser... (more)

Today we removed two old wooden box cars from the waterfront cement plant that is destined to become a world class destination hotel and convention center. The last time a train will ever cross th... (more)