After driving all night across South Dakota in whiteout conditions with snow drifts building on the roads, my friend and I passed through Belle Fourche on our way to Montana. While in town, we spo... (more)

2765, 3436 & 3362 pass St Onge whilst returning to Belle Fourche from Rapid City

2765, 3436 & 3362 Cross False Bottom Creek whilst returning to Belle Fourche from Rapid City

3467,3438 & 3482 Cross False Bottom Creek on the outskirts of Belle Fourche

RCPE's LBFRC gets underway just out of Belle Fourche with 4 SD40-2's in charge for the trip down to Rapid and back.

The Belle Fourche to Rapid City turn has just a few miles to go before the trip is complete.

RCPE's LBFRC is just about to the end of its days on the return to Belle Fourche. A turn made Mon-Sat in 2018.

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

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

RCPE 6401, originally built for the CNW, leads the RCPE's LBFRC down down the former CNW Colony Line outside of Belle Fourche.

RCPE 6431, the only blue and yellow motor on the RCPE to display any nose letters, sits with 3 other motors awaiting a crew to head to Colony to switch the three clay mines overnight.

A trio of blue and yellow RCPE SD40-2's begin their 5-day a week trip south from Belle Fourche to Rapid City, SD with a train of bentonite clay in tow.

A trio of blue and yellow RCPE SD40-2's begin their 5-day a week trip south from Belle Fourche to Rapid City, SD with a train of bentonite clay in tow.

Heading for Rapid City, a RCPE freight crosses a small creek just outside Belle Fourche, S.D.

These guys waste no time getting out of town! Within 5 minutes of whistling off they were cruising as they dig out of town.