The view from the cab of DME 6090 southbound on the Black Hills sub. Passing through the bridge just north of Whitewood, SD.
The sun is setting on the South Dakota prairie as SDL39 585 brings the Sisseton Local south toward its namesake city on a below zero December day. In just a few more days this branch line will be ... (more)
A late Belle Fourche to Rapid City train pokes along south of St. Onge as a cool fall day ends.
A loaded coal train grinds upgrade
After crossing the Cheyenne River, MBFWA begins the long climb up Wall Hill. Tv 500, F 7.1, ISO 100, 150.4 mm
6000 horsepower drags MBFWA1-04 up Wall Hill, the ruling grade on DME's west end. This train would have the double the hill.
Opened in 1961, the Milwaukee spanned the Missouri River with this massive bridge.
An EB manifest climbs the grade east of Blunt.
Westbound DME freight, having just passed under I-90 at Wasta, rumbles past a decent prop in the form of an abandoned house.
SD10s were rebuilds of EMD SD7s and 9s. Three of them prepare to spot some 40 foot boxcars for grain loading on the line which ran to Rapid City, SD. K64, Yashica TL Electro-X
