BNSF's Aberdeen local heads west on the Appleton Sub after picking up a rock train in Webster.

Even though it says "City of Brookings," this elevator switcher resides farther north in Selby. Ex DME 551 was built for the Milwaukee Road in 1954 as an SD9, and rebuilt later on as an ... (more)

DAIR's northbound road train M-SCDR from Sioux City, IA. to Dell Rapids, SD. is seen departing Canton, SD. after meeting its southbound counterpart. Notice the old Rio Grande switcher 4th out, not... (more)

DAIR's southbound road train M-DRSC from Dell Rapids, SD. to Sioux City, IA. is seen passing through Fairview, SD.

DAIR's southbound road train M-DRSC from Dell Rapids, SD. to Sioux City, IA. is seen passing through Fairview, SD.

DAIR's southbound road train M-DRSC from Dell Rapids, SD. to Sioux City, IA. is seen passing by Falls Park in downtown Sioux Falls, SD.

A westbound RCPE train drops downgrade out of the small town of Elkton, SD.

Black Hills Central 108 at Hill City

Some bovine creatures look curiously at the pair of photographers standing in the middle of nowhere on a freezing cold day as a Sisseton Milbank train continues its slow trek south between its two... (more)

One of the more difficult operations to catch in action in the area, we lucked into finding a train slowly making its way south from Sisseton to Milbank, SD on a bitterly cold and windy day. They'... (more)

Fourteen loaded hoppers and a rebuilt SW9 trundle ever so slowly towards Milbank, South Dakota on a former Milwaukee Road branchline. The Sisseton and Milbank is now a subsidiary of the Glencoe, M... (more)

The Belle Fourche to Rapid City train headed through St Onge in near whiteout conditions.

After driving all night across South Dakota in whiteout conditions with snow drifts building on the roads, my friend and I passed through Belle Fourche on our way to Montana. While in town, we spo... (more)

6911 & 6949 pass Claremont whilst hauling a grain train from Britton to Aberdeen. 2002 (an elevator switcher) was being hauled dead in the consist

3362, 3436 & 2765 approach Piedmont whilst hauling LBFRC, the 'Belle Turn' to Rapid City, 19 Oct 2024