The conductor of train 571 is riding along on the front of ICE 6434 towards a cut of cars that needs to be retrieved from a siding at Philip's local grain elevator.

This trio of EMDs is keeping a healthy DME manifest at a 10mph pace as they head west toward the small town of Midland, SD.

The daily westbound out of Pierre on the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern makes its slow trek through the wide open South Dakota landscape.

Scalehouse doesn't appear to be level

Straight SD40 in the lead, not a Dash-2

"Dual Flags" scheme