Snakes? I Hate Snakes.
A bit south of Westfield, IA, and less than a mile from where they cross over the Big Sioux River into South Dakota, the D&I's southbound road freight rolls through a big, sweeping curve towards the southeast that affords the photographer views of the train as it snakes around itself.
Speaking of snakes, just south of here is the Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve, which is home to Iowa's largest remaining prairie, over 200 bison, and where in 1999, the Conservancy found the prairie rattlesnake, an extremely rare species.
On the point is the DAIR 3025, a late-production SD40-2, built as the BN 8117 in 1980. Trailing it were the 3020 and 3027.
Snakes? I Hate Snakes.
A bit south of Westfield, IA, and less than a mile from where they cross over the Big Sioux River into South Dakota, the D&I's southbound road freight rolls through a big, sweeping curve towards the southeast that affords the photographer views of the train as it snakes around itself.
Speaking of snakes, just south of here is the Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve, which is home to Iowa's largest remaining prairie, over 200 bison, and where in 1999, the Conservancy found the prairie rattlesnake, an extremely rare species.
On the point is the DAIR 3025, a late-production SD40-2, built as the BN 8117 in 1980. Trailing it were the 3020 and 3027.