The RCPE rail train heads into the last sunlight of the day.

Two SD40-2s lead a train full of RCPE's new rail around the right hand bend just East of Nowlin.

A pair of SD40-2s roll West with welded rail in tow. In this frame, the train crosses bridge just East of Midland.

RCPE 3444 heads West across the PRC.

RCPE 3444 leads some new rail through the South Dakota countryside.

RCPE 3444 leads a welded rail train over one of the many bridges on the PRC that spans the Bad River.

The welded rail train is strung out across the wavy track profile at Van Metre.

RCPE 3444 leads the Westbound rail train past MP 507 on the PRC.

Two RCPE SD40-2s drag a loaded welded rail train through the ghost town of Wendte.

RCPE 3444 pulls the welded rail train around a bend between Fort Pierre and Wendte.

The RCPE rail train makes the 10 MPH amble West.

RCPE 3444 has does the honors of leading the Westbound rail train.

Today's Westbound consists of two SD40-2s and a loaded welded rail train. The rail would be dumped West of Philip the next day. Currently, a lot of the trackage between Pierre and Rapid City is li... (more)

Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.

After waiting for the Canadian Pacific to deliver a BNSF grain train to the elevator in the distance, the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD manifest is back on the move on a... (more)