An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train crosses a minimum maintenance road on a small trestle just west of Walnut Grove, MN. Just out of frame to the right, they'll cross Plum Creek, the l... (more)

RCPE 3421, 3454 and 3466 lead a 18 car westbound on a late winter's afternoon thru the Minnesota River valley town of Cambria.

A quartet of G&W-painted RCPE SD40-2's are in charge of the LBFRC heading back to Belle Fourche approaching the small community of St. Onge, SD.

A quartet of G&W-painted RCPE SD40-2's are in charge of the LBFRC heading back to Belle Fourche passing through Whitewood, SD.

A westbound Tracy, MN to Huron, SD manifest leaves the wind turbines of the Buffalo Ridge behind and has the South Dakota border in its sights as it climbs out of a sag just west of Verdi.

Bathed in beautiful evening light, a westbound RCPE train makes its way through the hills and curves south of Lake Benton, nearing the South Dakota border.

After waiting for a couple of hours in the siding at Florence for their eastbound counterpart, this Huron bound freight wastes no time getting back up to speed as it blasts through a sag just east... (more)

My first chance to shoot an RCPE train on the move with RCPE power. After waiting in Tracy for a fresh crew since the morning of the previous day, the Tracy to Huron manifest is underway and doin... (more)

After spending nearly 36 hours sitting in Tracy, train M-TRHU (manifest from Tracy, MN to Huron, SD) is finally under way. Lake Benton has always been my favorite place in Minnesota, but sinc... (more)