Eastbound from Rapid City to Pierre climbs out of valley at Wasta along Cheyenne River toward Wall.

Cresting a hill near Whitewood, a 3-pack of 40s are on the head end of the Belle Job. To make matters better, the lead engine was a heck of a smoker on even the slightest hill. This chase allowed ... (more)

A pair of SD40-2's bracket a GP38-3 on RCPE's LBFRC just north of St. Onge, SD. The train is rounding out the turn trip from Belle Fourche to Rapid City and return to Belle Fourche. A turn made Mo... (more)

A 4-pack of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC into the Black Hills and thru a sag outside of Whitewood and toward Rapid City. In Rapid, they will swap the train of bentonite loads for empties and then ... (more)

Ellis and Eastern RR 77 and 87 are on BNSF rails enroute from the quarry in Corson to Sioux Falls. Both units were recently painted after being acquired when EE purchased the Minnesota Southern Ra... (more)

We're looking down the main street in Fairview SD to catch the D&I rock train rolling thru the Iowa countryside on the other side of the Big Sioux River.

"Water", that was the word on the street in this state. An unusual wet summer has made operations on the RCP&E difficult. From wash outs, to slow orders, to the lack of people, to congestion, the ... (more)

A trio of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC just south of Sturgis, and past the Black Hills National Cemetery

A five-pack of great looking and always clean Dakota & Iowa power shoves a loaded rock train south over the bridge at Falls Park. The train would be tied down on BNSF tracks awaiting a BNSF cre... (more)

RCPE 3436 leads the LBFRC north along the Black Hills and back toward Belle Fourche with a train of empties bound for the bentonite clay mines in across the border in Colony, WY.

RCPE 3433 is at a 10 MPH crawl as it rolls over the Bad River.

A trio of RCPE SD40-2's power the LBFRC out of Belle Fourche and toward Rapid City.

A pair of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2's Nos. 3464 and 3459 lead the Dakota Junction-Rapid City train (LDJRC 09) next to a farm ditch south of Oelrichs, South Dakota, on July 9, 2018.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC up the Black Hills Sub and into Sturgis as the train continues its trip back up to Belle Fourche.

A trio of blue and yellow RCPE SD40-2's on the LBFRC 20 are in control of another train of bentonite clay passing under I-90 at Black Hawk and heading south for Rapid City.