The D&I local is shoving back into the UP transfer in downtown Sioux City. The two cars on the head end are for the CN interchange which will be set out in an adjacent track. The pint sized number... (more)

The Dakota and Iowa daily road freight is approaching Chatsworth with 2 SD's on the head end. As is the standard practice, there were 2 more units on the rear of the train to facilitate yarding th... (more)

Business is good on the Dakota and Iowa Railroad that the tonnage rounded up by the Hawarden/Hudson turn was too big for the road train to pick up so the turn with 2 GP9's ran south to Sioux City ... (more)

Dakota and Iowa's northbound road train is passing thru Jefferson SD with about 100 empty cars.

A duo of clean DAIR SD40’s lead a Northbound train across the Big Sioux River.

The southbound D&I train continues south out of Chatsworth with two EMD engines.

The D&I north and southbounds meet at Chatsworth. The northbound will be parked for the weekend. The northbound crew will get on the southbound and bring it back to Sioux City.

DAIR 3025 sits in the sun as railfans bask in its glory. The train is awaiting the northbound.

DAIR 3026 leads its northbound train through the small town of Westfield, Iowa. Westfield is the westernmost point in Iowa and is the home of Jake Smurch, a character from the book The Greatest Ma... (more)

Getting a good run out of Sioux City, DAIR 3026 charges its train through Jefferson, South Dakota. The town was named after Thomas Jefferson and is known for the Days of 59 festival.

The afternoon D&I northbound out of Sioux City crosses the Big Sioux River. Leading the way is DAIR 3026, an ex BN SD40-2.

The 13:00 crew out of Sioux City is currently northbound with local freight and empty rock cars totaling 133 cars. The crew is working up to Chatsworth where they will park this train for the nigh... (more)

The 13:00 crew out of Sioux City is currently northbound with local freight and empty rock cars totaling 133 cars. The crew is working up to Chatsworth where they will park this train for the nigh... (more)

We're looking down the main street in Fairview SD to catch the D&I rock train rolling thru the Iowa countryside on the other side of the Big Sioux River.

The Dakota and Iowa rock train is moving behind 3 of the 5 SD40-2's on the roster, plus a GP39-2 trailing that will set out at Hawarden. DAIR3029 was built as Missouri Pacifi 6041. Were about a mi... (more)