RCPE 3453 leads the Westbound manifest past some new spikes that are staged for installation along the PRC.
MHURC ambles along Bad River Road in rural South Dakota.
MHURC continues the slow tip toe across the RCP&E PRC. The Orange and Yellow of the Genesee & Wyoming corporate colors really stand out from the South Dakota landscape.
MHURC hooks the right hand curve at Bovine.
RCPE 3453 leads the MHURC over the oddly undulating terrain at Van Metre.
MHURC negotiates a curve West of Wendt.
MHURC eases around one of the numerous curves on the PRC.
The conductor has propped the door open in an attempt to get some air flowing through the cab, on a very hot September afternoon.
The Westbound train bound for Rapid City has just left Pierre. The crew will spend the remainder of their shift ambling along at 10 MPH.
The Rapid City to Huron train is just West of Midland, as it crosses the Bad River on one of the many steel girder bridges located on the RCPE system.
The silence in the ghost town of Powell is briefly shattered by the sound of 645 prime movers slowly dragging freight Eastward.
MRCHU rolls past an old code pole on the PRC.
RCPE 3437 leads MRCHU's slow trudge across the PRC.
RCPE 3423 leads MMNAU directly into the last rays of the setting sun, on what ended up being a great chase.
MMNAU is seen here West of Lake Benton. We were fortunate that the train showed up when it did. The shadows of the hillsides were rapidly closing in on the railroad right of way.
