Growing up on the Grand Trunk Western gave me an appreciation for the versatility of the SW1200RS. Here an ex-Central Vermont unit leads an ex-CP SW900 and an old Rock Island hopper.
Ellis & Eastern No. 17 wakes up the Phillips Avenue neighborhood while making the morning run into downtown Sioux Falls with a loaded gon to interchange with the BNSF.
Twenty street crossings in less than two miles on 100-pound rail dating to 1927. That’s today’s Ellis & Eastern grinding away on a former Chicago & North Western branch through the residential... (more)
Complete with a brass bell, Ellis & Eastern No. 7 brings empty cement hoppers into Sioux Falls for interchange to BNSF. We were here for the Dakota & Iowa, but the E&E was a very pleasant surpris... (more)
A rare winter run to the sand and gravel pit at Corson occured on Feb 9, 2010, as the E&E moved some cars around that were shopped for repairs durring the down time afforded by the winter slowdown... (more)