DAIR 3029 has crisscrossed the Iowa and South Dakota boarders three times on its trip so far, and is just about to cross back into South Dakota once again.
We're looking down the main street in Fairview SD to catch the D&I rock train rolling thru the Iowa countryside on the other side of the Big Sioux River.
The Dakota and Iowa rock train is moving behind 3 of the 5 SD40-2's on the roster, plus a GP39-2 trailing that will set out at Hawarden. DAIR3029 was built as Missouri Pacifi 6041. Were about a mi... (more)
The Dakota and Iowa train has set out 40 cars and 2 units to the siding inside the L G Everest Plant at Hawarden, IA. The GP was to protect a Beresford Branch local that would run the following da... (more)
With minutes to spare before sunset, the northbound DAIR Rock Train crosses the Big Sioux River, passing from Fairview, SD into Iowa. As information, the train has four SD40-2s, two SD39-2s, and ... (more)
Two different and very unique shades of yellow are displayed as a quartet of Dakota and Iowa Railroad SD40s pass by a former Santa Fe GP39-2 in BNSF's Sioux City Yard.