The Belle Fourche to Rapid City train headed through St Onge in near whiteout conditions.

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)

With a former UP snoot nose SD40-2 on the point, the RCPE's M AUMN train to Mankato holds the main in Tracy, Minnesota just east of the split between RCPE and CP trackage. This train is waiting fo... (more)

An RCPE manifest heads west through Lake Benton in the morning under ominous skies.

RCPE 3436 and 3 other SD40-2's hold out on the east end of Rapid City. The train made a day trip over from Philip to Rapid, meeting a counterpart MRCHU at Wall first. The train will be brought in ... (more)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RCPE 3436 leads the LBFRC out of Rapid City after swapping bentonite clay loads for empties to return to Belle Fourche. The train is crossing Box Elder Creek on the northwest side of town.

RCPE 3436 leads the LBFRC out of Rapid City after swapping bentonite clay loads for empties to return to Belle Fourche.

RCPE 3436 leads the LBFRC toward downtown Rapid City after swapping bentonite clay loads for empties to return to Belle Fourche. The train has passed the former CNW Roundhouse and approaching the ... (more)