The ancient grain elevator at Olerich looms above as LRCDJ slowly rolls by. The southernmost car in the siding has quite a lean to it.

RCPE 3421 leads the Rapid City to Dakota Junction train towards the North pass switch at Smithwick.

LRCDJ is being tailed by a hi-rail truck as it climbs a grade South of Oral.

RCPE's South Train twists and turns through the Valley between Buffalo Gap and Oral.

LRCDJ is South of Buffalo Gap on its slow trip to Dakota Junction.

The Black Hills provide a nice backdrop as the LRCDJ approaches Buffalo Gap.

The turn to Dakota Junction eases southward on the Black Hills Subdivision.

From a distance, LRCDJ is merely a spec on the vast South Dakota landscape.

LRCDJ parallels Highway 79 as they make 10 MPH across the Black Hills Sub.

The South Train makes its way through a cut near Fairburn.

RCPE 3421 and two other SD40-2s parallel Old Folsom Road as they drag their train southward on the Black Hills Subdivision.

The illusive RCPE "South Train" has just left Rapid City and cranks up grade as it heads for Dakota Junction. This turn is operated once a week off of the extra board, so getting it is a... (more)

MMNAU charges into the sunset with a pack of G&W orange SD40s leading the way. This would be our final shot of our chase that began in Mankato. The sun was gone very quickly after these frames.

RCPE 3452 bringing MMNAU into Garvin in the final sun rays of the day.

RCPE 3452 leading its train down a hill as a single piece of codeline stands alongside the left side of the frame.