A southbound Dakota & Iowa train crosses the diversion canal for the Big Sioux River as it arrives in Sioux Falls behind three SD40-2s on a clear autumn morning.
The late afternoon sun shines on the nose of the empty D&I rock train as it comes around the wye and off of the BNSF's Aberdeen Sub. and onto home rails at Elk Point, SD.
A couple of sucker holes rewarded us with a few sunny shots late in the day of the empty Dakota and Iowa train just north of Sioux City. We're in the parking lot of Park Jefferson Speedway for thi... (more)
The beginning of the line for 85 cars of quartzite aggregate & rip-rap. Glad the state of South Dakota had the foresight to purchase this line out of the Milwaukee Road bankruptcy.
An old grain elevator, an MOW track cart, jointed rail with some spare sticks alongside. I imagine not much has changed since the Milwaukee Road bankruptcy other than the locomotive paint.
The Dakota & Iowa rock train passes the elevator at Hudson, SD with a load of aggregate from the L.G. Everist quarry in Dell Rapids, SD
The Akron elevator recedes in the distance as the Dakota & Iowa rock train continues towards Sioux City, IA.
The Dakota & Iowa rock train passes another of the many grain elevators alongside it's route from Dell Rapids, SD to Sioux City, IA.
The Dakota & Iowa DRSC loaded with rock from the quarry in Dell Rapids, SD clings to the SD/IA border for a good part of it's trip to Sioux City, IA. Here it happens to be south of the small town ... (more)
D&I's former Milwaukee Road plow pushes through a cut west of Alcestor on former C&NW track. The rarly used line was opened to facilitate the loading of a grain train at the elevator at Beresford... (more)
D&I plow extra on the rarely used Beresford Branch. This is an ex-Milwaukee Road plow operating on former C&NW track.
