The hills of the Buffalo Ridge are bathed in beautiful evening light as a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train rolls south out of Lake Benton. In a few moments, they'll swing around to the... (more)

Four SD40-2s power a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train through the rich farmland of southwest Minnesota on a beautiful summer evening. The railroad has recently received secondhand GE l... (more)

After stopping briefly to normalize the west siding switch at Tracy, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train is getting underway again. The yard tracks on the right are being overgrown by s... (more)

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train running from Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD crosses Plum Creek of Laura Ingalls Wilder fame just west of Walnut Grove.

RCPE's tri-weekly train from Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD pulls through downtown Mankato along the Minnesota River.

Back on home rails, RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train flies through the frozen prairie on this cold winter evening just west of Balaton.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train is making good time as they fly west into Sanborn on this brisk winter afternoon.

The Highwater Ethanol facility west of Lamberton, MN is creating a decent amount of steam on a chilly winter afternoon as a westbound RCPE train passes by.

As the light of a clear winter evening continues to sweeten, a westbound RCPE train crosses Plum Creek west of Walnut Grove, MN.

The tri-weekly RCPE train from Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD hustles through the small town of Sanborn, MN.

A chunk of granite that was deposited by the same glacier that formed these hills thousands of years ago keeps watch over the passage of an eastbound RCPE freight train near Lake Benton, MN.

An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train briefly skirts alongside Lake Yankton as it passes the home of someone who clearly has an affinity for the railroad, evidenced by the Griswold signa... (more)

A trio of shiny and clean RCP&E units lead this short train from Belle Fourche to Rapid City, winding through the scenic Black Hills.

The daily HUTR manifest cruises east into the morning sun at Arlington, SD. They'll stop to set out cars for the ethanol plant at Aurora and soybean plant Volga at the small yard at Aurora. They'... (more)

RCPE 3426, 3422 and 3428 westbound at Iroquois, South Dakota.