After pausing to pick up a lengthy string of cars from the siding here, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train snakes out of Cobden, MN in some of the last light of the day. The curves her... (more)
Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.
After stopping to pick up a long cut of cars from the siding at Cobden, a westbound RCPE trackage rights train accelerates toward Springfield in some of the last light of a long late spring day.
The tranquility of a Saturday evening in small town Minnesota is briefly disturbed by the passage of a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern trackage rights train. The red wood structure in the d... (more)
A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train passes the old elevator and former Chicago & North Western station in downtown New Ulm, MN on a fine spring evening. The CPKC sign in the distance is... (more)
A lengthy westbound RCPE train curves through the scenic hills of the Buffalo Ridge just south of Lake Benton, MN. Just ahead, they will curve to the northwest and head toward the South Dakota bor... (more)
After sitting overnight at the siding at Florence, MN, a westbound RCPE train has a new crew and is on its way toward Aurora and Huron, SD, seen crossing a small trestle just east of Tyler on this... (more)
M-TRHU is stretched out across the South Dakota landscape as they near Huron.
RCPE 3422 is Westbound towards Huron, SD.
M-TRHU closes down Highway 14 briefly as the cruise towards Iroquois.
The SD40-2s belch exhaust as the engineer grabs another notch.
M-TRHU disturbs the quiet momentarily as it rips through Arlington, SD.
4 RCPE SD40-2s rumble through the South Dakota countryside between Volga and Arlington.
After making a meet at Elkton, the conductor on M-TRHU walks towards the West Siding Switch at Elkton to line his train back on to the main line.
RCPE 3422 and company drag a decent size train along behind them. They've past through Lake Benton, and are not far from crossing the South Dakota boarder.
