With a severe thunderstorm rolling into South Dakotas Black Hills, the Black Hills Scenic 2:30pm train charges up the steep rain-slick grade cutting through the dense forest.

BHC 63 rests in the Black Hills of South Dakota, sitting only around five miles from both Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse.

The 10 am rock train out of Dell Rapids will stop here at Hudson to split their power.. The crew is working south towards Chatsworth to tie the train down. A Sioux City crew coming with an empty t... (more)

The 3024 and 3 other lead the southbound rock train towards Sioux City. The train passes this old elevator at Renner about 5 miles from Sioux Falls. At Sioux Falls the train will meet an empty roc... (more)

The Monday's rock train out of Dell Rapids started pulling around 7:45 am from the East Pit. Here the job pull down to the West Pit to pickup the rest of the loads before heading towards Sioux Cit... (more)

The Monday's rock train out of Dell Rapids started pulling around 7:45 am from the East Pit. Here the job pull down to the West Pit to pickup the rest of the loads before heading towards Sioux Cit... (more)

One thing that is crazy is all the abandoned houses and cars that are rotting away out here. The Rapid City to Huron east train pokes along at 10 mph as they make the last 18 miles into Pierre. Th... (more)

At sunset, the 661 continues west in Andover, now only about 30 miles from its destination in Aberdeen.

The local sweeps through the curve into the town of Bristol with a nice golden glow.

The 661 heads west through the cut at Ortley. Milwaukee Road sure made an interesting layout through here.

After finishing up work in Big Stone, the Aberdeen local hauls west up grade at Marvin. Fittingly, it had the green one leading on St. Patrick's Day.

A trio of Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs power a westbound coal empty as it crosses a small bridge west of Marietta, South Dakota, on the railroad’s Black Hills Subdivision west of Edgemont on... (more)

Built by the Fairmount and Veblen Railway, and quickly acquired by the SOO LINE, this branch line is now operated by Canadian Pacific. As such it's only fitting that over 100 years later, former S... (more)

South Dakota. Two Dakota Southern Railway locomotives, no. 512 (SD7) and no. 3000 (SD40-2), sit with a long line of cars on the outskirts of Chamberlain, SD.

Milwaukee Road SD9's Road Nos. 502-511. Unknown photographer photo, from my collection.