Dakota and Iowa with SD40-2 3028 and GP39-2 2511 parked in a siding near Akron, Iowa.
The Akron elevator recedes in the distance as the Dakota & Iowa rock train continues towards Sioux City, IA.
The Dakota & Iowa rock train passes another of the many grain elevators alongside it's route from Dell Rapids, SD to Sioux City, IA.
DAIR GP39-2s No's. 2511 and 2510 lead the southbound Hudson-Sioux City Local past the grain elevators at Akron, IA on Oct. 7, 2013.
Our last shot of the chase and possibly the best, the Dakota & Iowa southbound rock train passes through some beautiful scenery in western Iowa.
Akron, IA is located in northwest Iowa right on the Iowa-South Dakota boarder. Here a small railroad own by a L. G. Everist, Inc., mainly moves ethanol and rock on their 90 mile ex-Milwaukee Road ... (more)