A pair of BNSF SD40-2's go about their duties of kicking cars in the Aberdeen Yard, while a pair of GEVO's on a Big Stone Power train are serviced before the last leg of their trip in northeast So... (more)

While the I&M has been blocked out on this chop-nose SD9, there is no other visible reporting marks on this elevator switcher. This former Rail Link SD9 is assigned to the South Dakota Wheat Growe... (more)

A pair of DME 40's are on the point of CP's 570 heading east through the small town of Wessington, about 30 miles from Huron, SD, where the train will change crews. DME 6094 is unique in sporting ... (more)

BNSF 1788 still looks pretty good in Cascade green with a high headlight, as it and a H1 partner shove quick and hard on another kick. Don't let the lack of snow fool you, it's still frigid cold w... (more)

Dakota Minnesota & Eastern 3833 is on the point of CP train B13, the Onida Turn. B13 is approaching Blunt, where the train will break off from the main and finish the last few miles up to Onida. T... (more)

Dakota Minnesota & Eastern 6368 is the lead motor on CP's train 571 bound for Rapid City, SD. The train is creeping along at a whooping 10 MPH, track speed between Fort Pierre and Rapid City. A he... (more)

The utter silence of a west river snow shower on Bad River Rd is interrupted by the passing of CP 571 bound for Rapid City. Today's train is being pulled by a pair of 40's coasting along at a who... (more)

Dakota Southern SD9, 4427, lays over just east of Kimball, SD, in the last light of the day. The elevator in the background is Liberty Grain's Kimball Elevator that loads out shuttle trains off th... (more)

DME 6085 rests at Pierre as the lead motor on CP's 570. This motor started out as QNSL 206, then CP 5402 before arriving on the DME roster. Pierre is a crew change point for trains travelling on t... (more)

DME 6368 is on the point of CP 571 as it has just began its trek down the jointed rail that links Pierre to Rapid City. The train will now do a whopping 10 MPH the rest of the way to Rapid.

CP train 571 has just began its trek toward Rapid City from Pierre as a snowstorm moves into the area. Today's train is led by DME 6368 and is moving at what seems like a snail's pace on this join... (more)

The passing of CP's 571 disturbs a couple horses' feast as snow begins to fall on the west side of the river. DME 6368 is the lead motor on today's Rapid City-bound train and is still coasting alo... (more)

A trio of BNSF geeps, led by 2290, take the local southbound across the gently rolling landscape found between the towns of Redfield and Tulare, SD. The train is continuing toward Mitchell, SD, af... (more)

A collection of BNSF's second generation EMD's, ranging from former SP GP30's to ex-Frisco GP38-2's, are awaiting assignment outside the former Milwaukee Road roundhouse in the Aberdeen Yard.

Blizzard Conditions Blizzard conditions have set in up in northeastern South Dakota has high winds, coupled with sub zero temps, whip freshly fallen snow up into the air. A reactivated SD... (more)