A lone telegraph pole remains in place as milepost 216 along the former Chicago & North Western near Revere, MN as a Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train heads west on a nice spring evening.

RCPE train MNAU (Mankato-Aurora) stops at Spring Switch to hand line their route from UP's main line to CPR's Tracy Sub.

A 3 pack of SD40-2's lead a ~ 50 car train out of Mankato after a recent snowfall.

A westbound RCPE train crosses the Redwood River and climbs toward the MN 23 and BNSF overpasses at Florence, MN.

Exhaust pours out of a quartet of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2s as they accelerate out of Tracy, MN with a westbound train.

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train rolls by the Highwater Ethanol facility just west of Lamberton, MN.

A former Union Pacific and Iowa Chicago & Eastern snoot nosed SD40-2 leads the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's westbound train from Mankato across Plum Creek just west of Walnut Grove, MN.

An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train crosses an irrigation ditch west of Balaton, MN as the sun poke through the cloud cover.

RCPE 3433 switches the grain elevator in Midland.

RCPE 3433 is at a 10 MPH crawl as it rolls over the Bad River.

The bright orange G&W paint scheme of the RCPE adds some nice color to the vast South Dakota landscape.

RCPE 3433, one of two snoot SD40-2's on roster, is on the point of MHURC 19 shoving a cut of empty hoppers back to be spotted at the South Dakota Wheat Growers elevator in the small community of H... (more)

A pair of RCPE SD40-2's on the MHURC 19 notch up after the conductor hopped off to get ready for a 40 car set out at South Dakota Wheat Growers in the small community of Highmore, South Dakota.

A trio of G&W painted RCP&E SD40-2s lead CP 470 south through Cicero.

A rainbow consist is seen leading CP 470 eastbound through the Dells.