Leading an empty grain train westbound

Leading an empty hopper train eastbound

Parked

Local

Rail train slows for work on the Marshall sub. Hard to see in this angle but the second unit is a low nose SD9 still in BN green!

After crossing the Cheyenne River, MBFWA begins the long climb up Wall Hill. Tv 500, F 7.1, ISO 100, 150.4 mm

This view of a coal train for Big Stone City on the former Milw transcon is from a butte that also holds the Lemmon water tower. Tv 500, F 7.1, ISO 100, 216.0 mm

With a little help from the Brookings wayfrieght power, 6093 west rolls through Arlington at 40 mph on new rails and ties placed in 2004.

At this point, I began to wonder, does DM&E still run trains with blue and gold locos? Here, the light and paint are poor, but the elevation and earth cut make this interesting.

6093 west cruises across Lake Preston on a long fill needed to maintain the alignment.

6000 horsepower drags MBFWA1-04 up Wall Hill, the ruling grade on DME's west end. This train would have the double the hill.

Opened in 1961, the Milwaukee spanned the Missouri River with this massive bridge.

After leading MWARC1-02 down Wall Hill yesterday afternoon, 6083 and 6091 drag MBFWA1-04 up the hill this morning.

An EB manifest crosses Cottonwood Creek just west of Cottonwood.