RCP&E 3463 rolls down the main in rural Tracy, Minnesota, with a train bound for Huron, South Dakota.

An RCPE manifest heads west through Lake Benton in the morning under ominous skies.

It's always a treat to see an RCPE train west of Tracy in good light. With a grain shuttle train tied down on the siding at Florence, the RCPE's Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD manifest is continuing we... (more)

A westbound RCPE train gets underway out of Tracy behind 7 locomotives. The last three are HLCX GP38-2's headed to Huron, SD for some work.

The RCPE westbound road freight slowly makes its way west toward Wall and Rapid City across the South Dakota prairie under bluebird skies.

A 30 car train of all empties waits in the siding to be overtaken by an eight car local and also an opposing 98 car eastbound out of New Ulm.

The RCPE afternoon westbound train departs Mankato with 30 empties dwarfed by the 135 foot Ardent Mills silos that recently had a mural painted on them.

MMNAU approaches the Land of Memories Park Junction where they are shown in spectacular light.

Departing Mankato yard with 35 cars for Aurora, SD.

Usually the daily train passes Wall, SD during the night, but due to a derailment the day before, we were able to catch it in the morning.

RCPE 3421, 3454 and 3466 lead a 18 car westbound on a late winter's afternoon thru the Minnesota River valley town of Cambria.

Three tunnel motors lead a westbound Manifest

RCPE 3456 and 3434 trundle west from Huron, SD at about 10 mph with a long string of covered hoppers en route to Pierre and eventually Rapid City. The train will meet up with a BNSF train at Wolse... (more)

RCPE 2087 hangs out near the Huron station sign at their yard between switching duties. The fresh looking unit has been around a while, starting life as IC GP40 3053, built in February 1967. It is... (more)

This Rapid City to Huron train is about 15 miles into their trip from Rapid City to Phillip for the next crew change. The crew got on at Box Elder and has been slowly working east for the past 2 h... (more)