My excursion on a gravel train

[Anonymous]

I know its not a fancy one, but took a trip on an 'ole workhorse the other day. It was alot of fun and saw some neat stuff. The engineer is an old friend of mine and we were finally able to get our schedules to mesh. I even got to sit at the helm for a bit[:D]. Here's a few pics from that day...This train is the DI (Dakota & Iowa) Railroad that is owned by a large gravel co. Makes trips from Hawarden, IA to Sioux Falls, SD and back to Sioux City, IA, using about 20 miles of the BNSF mainline near Vermillion, SD.

Here's the old workhorse attached to the short train of rock


The 'brains"

Here we go...

Leaving the South plant

passing MOW equip

Passing a long train being filled

Crossing the Big Sioux into South Dakota and looking over at a 6 engine consist( the 6th one is hidden, see next pic)

Now you can see the Rio Grande on the rear


Ill quit boring y'all now, just wanted to show some of the trip-J1[:D]

[Anonymous]

Good Show man!!
[8D]

[Junctionfan]

Cool pictures!!

[kolechovski]

Terrific! Not boring at all! I'd even like to see more pics...take a ride like that on the work train up here...

[DPD1]

Nice shots... Heck, I'd much rather ride something like that then a big road train... Looks like a nice little line. The power looks in good shape too.

Dave
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[locomutt]

Cool[8D] Nice pics also.[:D]

[wcfan4ever]

Congrats on the cabride. They are great pics!

[railman]

I wouldn't say it was boring...I would say neat! Great pics.

[espeefoamer]

[:)] Wow! Great cabride shots[8D].Good stotyline,too[:D].

[Anonymous]

Nice job on the pictures. Try for a caboose ride some time too. They are just as much fun.

[Noah Hofrichter]

Nice Job with those pics, I don't find them Boring at. I too wouldn't mind seeing more.

Noah

[oskar]

nice pics




kevin

[Anonymous]

Wow, thanks for all the comments! When I get some more time I will post more photos then...I honestly thought no one would really be impressed. Some other photos are of the train entering Sioux Falls and the again leaving Sioux Falls, SD.