A 4-pack of RCPE SD40-2's lead the LBFRC up out of Sturgis and toward Rapid City. In Rapid, they will swap the train of bentonite loads for empties and then return to Belle Fourche that evening.
An experience that took me back to my Calmar, IA, days at the IC&E...this southbound extra Belle Fourche job is down on their knees as they make the climb out of Sturgis. These 3 SD40-2's were pou... (more)