With plenty of cars on this day, the grade profile of this section of track is exemplified well as the tri-weekly Mankato to Aurora train crawls its way west on the Huron Sub.
The RCPE heads West at Wasta.
The RCPE westbound road freight slowly makes its way west toward Wall and Rapid City across the South Dakota prairie under bluebird skies.
A trio of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC just south of Sturgis, and past the Black Hills National Cemetery
A trio of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC just outside of Sturgis, SD and heading toward Rapid City.
A trio of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC through Whitewood, SD toward Rapid City.