Stretched out as they run out their last miles in Rapid City, these guys will turn and head back to Belle Fourche.

These guys waste no time getting out of town! Within 5 minutes of whistling off they were cruising as they dig out of town.

This ain't your dad's C&NW... or maybe it is. There may no longer be green and yellow or blue and gold... but there is fresh orange and yellow and while many upgrades are being made to this area, ... (more)

The Belle Fourche turn runs through a very varied route, from the rolling hills seen here just out of Belle Fourche, to the mini-mountains near Sturgis and the urban area in Rapid City. The area t... (more)

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.

2-470 approaches 65th Street in Bedford Park. At the crossing behind me, some idiot decided to play "chicken" with the train, forcing the engineer to hit the emergency brake.

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.

It's a sunny morning in the windy city as a trio of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern (formerly Iowa, Chicago & Eastern) SD40-2's make way to BRC's Clearing Yard.

2-470 is on the move at 31st Street, headed south for BRC's Clearing Yard.

Four blue and gold SD40-2's head east through Bedford Park on final to BRC's Clearing Yard.

RCPE 6416 lead's a manifest westbound toward Nahant yard in Davenport, IA on the CP Chicago, IL

The quartet of blue and golds holds at the Mars Metra station. Seconds later, a lunar signal aspect would appear and the 2-470 train would head into the 4 Lead of Galewood Yard to await a crew van... (more)

After holding for the Metra rush at Rondout, the morning clouds have cleared up nicely and the attractive quartet of blue and yellows are crusing down the old CNW with a 2-470 train.

With a fresh crew and signals all the way into the Ladder Lead (Track 9) of BRC's Clearing Yard, the quarter of blue and gold SD40-2's are looking mighty fine on this beautiful afternoon.

A quartet of blue and gold SD40-2's head east through Franklin Park, rolling under the Milwaukee Road signal bridge in town.