B02 passes through the small town of St Onge shortly before entering the Black Hills.
The Belle Fourche - Rapid City turn gets under way shortly after 9am. This train runs Mon-Sat departing Belle Fourche about 0830-0900.
The Belle Fourche turn heads north out of Whitewood.
The Belle Fourche turn heads north crossing Pleasant Valley Rd just south of Sturgis, SD
Eastbound "1880's Train" with the 2-6-6-2T Mallet heads towards Keystone.
The "1880's Train" crosses Old Hill City Road about 20 times between Hill City and Keystone. They normally use this 2-6-6-2T locomotive which unfortunately runs tender first in the later afternoon... (more)
Westbound "1880's Train" works uphill out of Keystone on the old CB&Q tracks.
Plenty of old CNW relics to be found along the PRC Sub from bridges to mile posts and town signs.
Eastbound Rapid City - Huron train creeps along the rolling hills of the South Dakota prairie. It will take them all day to travel about 60 miles at 10mph to Fort Pierre where a recrew will take o... (more)
A trio of blue 'n yellow SD40-2s pass one of the several "ghost" houses along the PRC Sub. This one is located along S. Creek Rd just east of Philip.
Eastbound Rapid City - Huron train switches the local elevator in Philip.
A trio of DM&E SD40-2s prepare to switch the two massive elevators at the end of the Onida branch.
The faded Mt. Rushmore locomotive leads a grain empty for Onida heads across the Dakota farmland.
Dakota Southern's shops in Chamberlain looks nothing more than an old junk yard. The track on the right is their main line which leads to the massive bridge (behind me) over the Missouri River and... (more)
Dakota Southern's lone alco sits dead and drained at Chamberlain.