Western Railroad Discussion > Some RCP&E Photos

I went on a small photography trip with my buddy from Sioux Falls and also two guys from Minnesota who came to photograph the RCP&E for a few days from Minnesota. We started from Huron and worked our way to Onida, following the Huron, SD to Onida, SD local L-HUBL. Lucky for us, he did not have any stops along the way to Onida, which provided us with plenty of daylight photos, until Onida, where we got some sunset photos while the local out cars and performed some switching before picking up cars there.

Photo 1-3: RCP&E daily Eastbound Rapid City, SD to Huron, SD manifest M-RCHU passes the old elevator at Ree Heights, SD, and in a few miles will be meeting the L-HUBL waiting in the siding in Miller, 8 miles East of this location.
 

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Photo 4: While waiting for the L-HUBL at Highmore, SD, we photographed a couple of derailed cars (BNSF 489033) that have been abandoned just East of the South Dakota Wheat Growers Elevator.
Photo 5: The L-HUBL crests the grade coming into Highmore, SD.
Photo 6: Entire train

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Photo 7: The L-HUBL traverses from the Pierre Sub to the Onida Sub at Blunt, SD, heading from a Westerly direction to a Northerly direction.
Photo 8: You can see stored grain cars on the West leg of the wye and also on the pass track next to the mainline.
Photo 9: The L-HUBL crosses Highway 14 heading North to Onida.

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Photo 10-12: While waiting for the L-HUBL at Onida, we photographed a former Alliance, NE-based SD40-2 locomotive now belonging to NREX as their NREX 8103, working at Midwest Co-Operatives in Onida, SD

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Photo 13-15: The L-HUBL arrives at Oahe Grain Company in Onida after dropping off its train of 75 grain hoppers at MidWest Co-Operatives.

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Photo 16-18: On the way to Dinner, we found a Westbound M-HURC train parked on the pass in Pierre.

Enjoy!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/15 15:19 by RCPE_Hogger.

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Nice catches, especially like the wye at Blunt.
Brian Stevens

Really good looking photos. Thanks for posting them.

Randy