Another Hill RCPE has just crested another Hill along the ex Chicago & North Western line to Belle Fourche. The train is heavy with bentonite clay which is used in oil drilling and vari... (more)

RCPE's LBFRC makes its way through the Northern Black Hills and down toward Rapid City.

RCPE 3436 leads the LBFRC north along the Black Hills and back toward Belle Fourche with a train of empties bound for the bentonite clay mines in across the border in Colony, WY.

A four pack of SD40-2's lead the RCPE's LBFRC down the Black Hills Sub and toward Rapid City.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's all still in blue and yellow have the LBFRC south near Tilford, SD cresting another hog back and about to duck under I-90 again on its way to Rapid City.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC up the Black Hills Sub near Tilford on the return trip to Belle Fourche. The train is about to duck under I-90 which parallel's the tracks from Rapid Ci... (more)

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC up the Black Hills Sub at Tilford on the return trip to Belle Fourche.

A trio of blue and yellow RCPE SD40-2's on the LBFRC 20 are in control of another train of bentonite clay getting ready to pass under I-90 in route to Rapid City.

The Belle Fourche-Rapid City local heads along the I-90 corridor passing by a rest area near Tilford, SD. While today's train wasn't too long they did have three locomotives in the DME paint color... (more)

A trio of SD40-2's tug the Belle Turn into Sturgis.

RCPE 6442 and two other SD40-2's have the LBFRC in tow and heading for Rapid City. The train is grinding south through the Black Hills and is about to pass under I-90.

RCPE 6442 and two other SD40-2's have the LBFRC in tow and heading for Rapid City. The train is grinding south through the Black Hills and is about to pass under I-90.

DM&E's Belle Fourche to Rapid City train works hard up the 1.42% grade out of Sturgis with three EMD's pulling their guts out to maintain double digits in speed.