A westbound RCPE train is being tied down in the distance as the remnants of a recent derailment await further cleanup in the small town of Elkton, SD.

Originally built for the Southern Pacific, a former Arizona Central SD40M-2 leads a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train across southwest Minnesota on a perfect late summer evening.

As prairie grasses and wildflowers sway in the breeze, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train negotiates the undulating track just west of town where the railroad crosses Plum Creek.

Three veteran EMDs lead a westbound train through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge near Lake Benton, MN. The lead locomotive is a former Arizona Central SD40M-2, originally built for the Southern Pa... (more)