An eastbound RCPE train passes through Lake Benton as it makes its way through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge on this former Chicago & North Western line in western Minnesota.
An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train rolls through the fertile farmland of southwest Minnesota, seen just west of the small town of Tracy.
The engineer of this eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train opens the throttle again as it prepares to climb another hill through Balaton, MN.
An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train negotiates some curves and hills as it crosses Minnesota State Highway 91 west of Balaton, MN.
Four SD40-2s bring an eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge just south of Lake Benton, MN.
The Mankato turn continues west in the final moments of daylight.
The Mankato to Aurora turn heads west on the Tracy Sub past the old CNW depot in S*eepy Eye (more context towards the end) on a very hot and muggy summer evening. As much as I like summer, I don't... (more)
RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west on an extremely hot and muggy summer afternoon.
