A westbound RCPE train briefly disturbs a peaceful summer evening in the small town of Balaton, MN.

In a couple of previous posts, I showed a couple of eastbound trains coming through downtown Springfield, MN, illustrating the view before a... (more)

A Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2 sits outside the locomotive maintenance shop in Rapid City.

Only a couple miles from home rails, RCP&E's MNAU train departs Tracy after lining the West Switch. While the influx of GW orange and yellow is a disappointment to some who favored the DM&E's b... (more)

A Saturday regular, the M-MNAU train out of Mankato, MN is back on home rails and is headed to Florence to tie down, but not before passing under highway 14 at Balaton, MN

RCPE eastbound M-RCHU pauses at Pierre, SD, to switch the grain elevators and to swap crews at midnight. Me and my dad were exhausted, having left our house at 5 to fly out of Atlanta that morning... (more)

The Belle Train departs Rapid City on a mild afternoon with two of the G&W corporate scheme painted SD40s leading a blue and gold hold out.