Flying High! Alright maybe not flying, but 571 is nice and high above the Bad River. A trio of Blues and some sun made this day a winner as we made an afternoon stroll with 571. Soon this line won... (more)

Train 571 is rolling west after meeting counterpart #570 at JC Siding out in the Bad River Valley of South Dakota.

The Huron-Rapid City train ambles west along the 10mph, pink lady ballasted, PRC Sub on a beautiful winter afternoon.

Numerous family/railfan vacations over the years allowed me a lot of time to photo the CNW in the Black Hills area. The Western Division GP35's with their roof mounted air tanks and big fuel tanks... (more)

The silhouette of a pair of BNSF GE's lead a westbound freight across the Appleton Sub and toward Aberdeen, SD, just after the sun has dropped below the horizon line.

A 1960's GMC truck collects more snow as another BNSF grain eases by the Mina Elevator in the background.

Contrasts in BNSF orange, and dirt, can be seen with BNSF 2731 and BNSF 4399 sitting side-by-side in Aberdeen. 2731 will lead a local southbound later in the day and 4399 is laying over on a geome... (more)

The first big snow storm of the season brought with it some extreme cold up in the northern plains. A fleet of BNSF standard cab EMD's idle away in negative-teen temps at the ex-Milwaukee Road rou... (more)

How do you tell an RS-2. Just look at the fuel smudge on the side of the cab.

The first big snow storm of the season dropped plenty of powder and brought some high winds and extremely cold temps. But BNSF geeps and a leased CP GEVO battle on all the same in BNSF's Aberdeen ... (more)

CNW 815,814,831,4117,4502 and 4562 are eastbound with 29 cars near sunset west of Belle Fourche. The CNW GP30's had been in and out of storage for a long time and I think at the time of this photo... (more)

The DAIR Rock Train waits for a road crew to report, make a pick up, and take the train south on Oct. 8, 2013. A yard crew has brought the train down from another quarry north of town and parked ... (more)

The southbound DAIR Rock Train drops downgrade past some grain elevators as it begins its day in Dell Rapids, SD on Oct. 8, 2013.

Some of the exceptionally flat terrain in Northeast South Dakota can give way to some exceptionally brilliant sunsets. Much like this one lighting up sky just west of Aberdeen on BNSF's Mobridge S... (more)

An eastbound freight and westbound empty Big Stone Power coal train are stopped for a meet at the West Siding Switch at Andover, SD. Andover siding still controlled with hand-lined switches, simpl... (more)