A westbound RCPE train is being tied down in the distance as the remnants of a recent derailment await further cleanup in the small town of Elkton, SD.

Originally built for the Southern Pacific, a former Arizona Central SD40M-2 leads a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train across southwest Minnesota on a perfect late summer evening.

As prairie grasses and wildflowers sway in the breeze, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train negotiates the undulating track just west of town where the railroad crosses Plum Creek.

Three veteran EMDs lead a westbound train through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge near Lake Benton, MN. The lead locomotive is a former Arizona Central SD40M-2, originally built for the Southern Pa... (more)

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west on an extremely hot and muggy summer afternoon.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora turn heads west out of Cobden.

With a massive train for Belle Fourche, three of RCPEs finest SD40s coast downhill and out of the scenic Black Hills.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west into Judson with a 4 pack of SD40-2s. The train left Mankato later than usual due to UP's MSSDM manifest having engine trouble leaving town.

MNAU heads west out of Cobden as the day comes to a close.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west through New Ulm, past the old CNW depot and grain elevators.

A songbird perches on a telegraph pole that dates back to days of the Chicago & North Western as a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train traverses the rolling Minnesota countryside just eas... (more)

A pair of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2's roll over a hogback in the rack as they approach Revere, Minnesota and hustle their train west over CP's Tracy Sub. Utilizing trackage rights over t... (more)

After pausing to pick up a lengthy string of cars from the siding here, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train snakes out of Cobden, MN in some of the last light of the day. The curves her... (more)

Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.

After stopping to pick up a long cut of cars from the siding at Cobden, a westbound RCPE trackage rights train accelerates toward Springfield in some of the last light of a long late spring day.