A Dakota and Iowa empty grain unit train is westbound near Beresford, SD . The D & I received the train from the BNSF at Sioux City. The train moved North on the D & I to Hawarden, IA and then ... (more)
The beginning of the line for 85 cars of quartzite aggregate & rip-rap. Glad the state of South Dakota had the foresight to purchase this line out of the Milwaukee Road bankruptcy.
An old grain elevator, an MOW track cart, jointed rail with some spare sticks alongside. I imagine not much has changed since the Milwaukee Road bankruptcy other than the locomotive paint.