After clocking out for the day, the light was perfect so I couldn't resist grabbing a photo. Black Hills Central Railroad #63 was built in 1956 for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. It operates the ho... (more)

CNW 6615, an SD7M heads a trio of SD power at Rapid City, SD in October 1980. These units worked the Western Division of CNW, headquartered at Chadron, NE along with Geeps and Alco power (in South... (more)

Black Hills Central #104 returns west to Hill City on its one and only trip of the day. The locomotive can starts the steep descent into town.

Black Hills Central #104 returns west to Hill City on its one and only trip of the day. The locomotive can take a breather as it starts its decent into Hill City.

Baldwin 2-6-2T steam locomotive pulls a set of cars out of Hill City on it's run to Keystone. This locomotive sure did get a workout climbing the grade.

A BNSF GEVO-75-Dash 8W-GEVO consist lays over on the team track at Aberdeen Yard on an unusually snow-less March day in South Dakota.

The relatively short westbound MHURC (Huron-Rapid City) heads along the final bit of its journey.

An interesting collection of locomotive models occupy the deadline at Chamberlain.

The Belle Turn skirts by the former C&NW depot at Sturgis, SD.

The "Belle Turn" slides by the Black Hills National Cemetery (on former C&NW trackage) enroute to Rapid City, SD.

After pausing at the engine house for the crew to work on a locomotive, The Bell Fourche local exits the west end of the yard limits and heads out of town after passing through downtown. Three SD4... (more)

RCPE's eastbound Rapid City to Huron manifest waits at Pierre for a new crew to take it east to Huron on a hazy July morning.

RCPE's Onida turn navigates the tight wye at Blunt, SD to make the run up the 10 mile branchline to Onida, SD.

BNSF Geeps and snow fighting equipment in Sioux Falls.

A Dakota and Iowa empty grain unit train is westbound near Beresford, SD . The D & I received the train from the BNSF at Sioux City. The train moved North on the D & I to Hawarden, IA and then ... (more)