The daily HUTR manifest cruises east into the morning sun at Arlington, SD. They'll stop to set out cars for the ethanol plant at Aurora and soybean plant Volga at the small yard at Aurora. They'... (more)

A grain empty from Tacoma, WA, to Marion, SD, is working down the Corson Sub between Garretson and Sioux Falls. The Corson Sub is 20 miles that connects the Marshall Sub into branchlines around Si... (more)

The MHURC sits idle outside of Rapid City, SD. Waiting for the nightly yard job to bring this train into the "spacious" RCP&E yard sometime later that night.

Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T Mallet No. 110 takes the eastbound trip from Hill City across the Old Hill City Highway west of Keystone, South Dakota, on July 11, 2018.

After a set out in the siding west of town, the daily HUTR manifest throttles up and heads east to a meet at Elkton, SD.

A pair of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2's Nos. 3464 and 3459 lead the Dakota Junction-Rapid City train (LDJRC 09) next to a farm ditch south of Oelrichs, South Dakota, on July 9, 2018.

Nearing the end of the line at Keystone 110 is pulling the train toward the Keystone station. Yeah, the track maintenance could be a bit better.

Black Hills train leaves that station and heads toward the first hill it will climb. I remember the engine making lots of noise and smoke as it went up the hill just outside of town.

A four pack of blue and yellow SD40-2's lead the LBFRC into Rapid City. They will swap out this train of loads for a train of empties to take back up to Belle Fourche later in the day.

RCPE 6430, former ICE 6430, still sporting the blue and yellow, is on the point of the LBFRC heading south along the Black Hills for Rapid City.

RCPE 6430, former ICE 6430, still sporting the blue and yellow, is on the point of the LBFRC heading south along the Black Hills for Rapid City.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's all still in blue and yellow have the LBFRC south near Tilford, SD cresting another hog back and about to duck under I-90 again on its way to Rapid City.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's all still in blue and yellow have the LBFRC moving past the Black Hills National Cemetary just south of Sturgis enroute to Rapid City.

A four pack of RCPE SD40-2's all still in blue and yellow have the LBFRC moving past the Black Hills National Cemetary just south of Sturgis enroute to Rapid City.

Black Hills Central #104....the BHCR's OTHER engine. The Black Hills Central has several steam locomotives, but as of 2017, only two of them are operable. The primary engine is the Compoun... (more)