The Dakota and Iowa daily road freight is approaching Chatsworth with 2 SD's on the head end. As is the standard practice, there were 2 more units on the rear of the train to facilitate yarding th... (more)
The southbound D&I train continues south out of Chatsworth with two EMD engines.
The D&I north and southbounds meet at Chatsworth. The northbound will be parked for the weekend. The northbound crew will get on the southbound and bring it back to Sioux City.
DAIR 3025 sits in the sun as railfans bask in its glory. The train is awaiting the northbound.
A Dakota and Iowa RR rock train is seen just before sunset near Chatsworth, IA.
The loaded rock train out of Dell Rapids begins to slow down for their parking spot for the day here at Chatsworth. This crew came out of Dell Rapids after 11am and will park at Chatsworth for ano... (more)
Dakota & Iowa rock loads curves south with aggregate and rip-rap loads of Sioux Quartzite.
D&I is providing storage for a unit train set of coal hoppers on its new passing siding at Chatsworth. During the Christmas 2009 snowstorm that dumped up to 20 inches these cars provided a wind b... (more)
D&I ethanol local ambles through the curves of the Big Sioux River valley south of Chatsworth, Iowa. Two of the road's small GPs are in charge today, a rare occasion as with the arrival of 3 SD40... (more)
Passing the Milwaukee Road era station sign, D&I's ethanol local heads south from Hudson to Sioux City.
This is ex-Milwaukee Road track as evidence by the old MILW sign at Chatsworth. The D & I local is 19 miles from the junction with the BNSF at Elk Point, SD and still 38 miles from their yard in S... (more)
