The RCPE westbound road freight slowly makes its way west toward Wall and Rapid City across the South Dakota prairie under bluebird skies.
RCPE 3430 & RCPE 3461, a pair of original Union Pacific build SD40-2’s lead the Westbound RCPE freight into Cottonwood, SD.
MHURC rolls at 10 MPH through Cottonwood, South Dakota.
A pair of RCP&E blue n' yellow SD40-2s roll across a snow covered PRC Sub at 10mph between Cottonwood and Quinn, SD. The train will eventually get to Wall in about 1hr where they'll wait to meet t... (more)
The Huron - Rapid City road freight strolls by the abandoned elevator at Cottonwood with a pair of blue n' yellows in charge.
The PRC Sub is known for its long sections of 10mph railroading. Here 570 pokes along at 10mph as it passes one of the many small communities that have abandon buildings and houses from a time lon... (more)
An EB manifest crosses Cottonwood Creek just west of Cottonwood.