BNSF Sioux Falls to Madison turn crosses the falls of the Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls. This is former Great Northern trackage.
Ellis & Eastern sand train departs the pit at Corson with 22 loads for the materials yard at Sioux Falls behind the road's pair of former IC/CCP GP10s. At this point the E&E uses trackage rights ... (more)
Southbound BNSF Willmar to Sioux Falls local vaults across Devil's Gulch Creek north of Garretson.
A westbound empty is crawling thru the yard limits leaving North Sioux City. In a couple miles this train will leave yard limits at MP 522 for the 5 hour trip to Mitchell, SD. This empty is crossi... (more)
The daily Huron to Rapid City freight trundles over Powell Creek at 10 mph. With wood trestles and jointed rail, a lot of work needs to be done before this line is hauling coal.
The daily Rapid City to Huron manifest, with a healthy train of 71 cars, crosses the Bad River on an old C&NW through truss bridge. Those are cement loads out of Rapid City directly behind the en... (more)
Boxelder Creek and the Huron, SD to Rapid City, SD freight provide a little color in a sea of brown. We didn't see any other photographers on this part of the DM&E...
Opened in 1961, the Milwaukee spanned the Missouri River with this massive bridge.
An EB manifest crosses Cottonwood Creek just west of Cottonwood.
On the way to Keystone