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HO Scale Wind Turbine Project - Wind Power |
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Diesel Locomotive Shops - Refurbish |
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Intermodal to Timber / Logging area conversion |
New Fertilizer Depot at Midland
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Midland Urban Renewal |
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Railfan Picnic - June 12 2011 - Hillls Minnesota |
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Old House Project - Sheri and Jacob Z |
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Alpha Yard - ballast and scenic |
We have some painting to do on new rock work.
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Sioux Falls Construction - Avera McKennan Hospital - Physicians Office Building (POB) |
A rainbow BN Empire Builder passes the golf course as it clears Barstad siding.
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April Model Railroad Open House Photos - Sioux Falls |
This BN cement hopper car looks lonely.
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New Cement Plant |
A better view of Bills now complete pigtail bridge.
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Mount Rushmore Area |
The fair now features an HO Scale model railroad exhibit.
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Sioux Empire Fair MIdway |
Jay Manning has been at work adding landscaping in this area.
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Scenery between ROW and doubletrack mainline on west side |
Small guests.
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December 2010 Open House Scrapbook |
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Trains at Christmas 2010 |
DME SD10 with Picnic train cars in Sioux Falls
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SVMES Scrapbook |
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Re-shingling the Clubhouse - October 2010 |
The entire fleet of D&I Six Axle engines is shown here: DAIR 4027, 4028, 3031, 3030 and 3029.
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D&I Engines on SVMES |
Local switching...my next project.
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Eric Wollan |
Larry's Western Pacific engines encounter the campground and the throngs of railfans it contains.
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KOA Campground |
BNSF manifest train at Hills, MN. Ray L. photo.
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June 2010 Railfan Picnic - Hills, MN |
We've added some pine trees to the mountainside to make it appear more realistic.
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Ethanol Plant |
Bill has now moved on to planting trees around Mt. Rushmore. He is replacing some of the old style bottle brush trees with handmade ones.
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Narrow Guage Update |
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Drive In Theater |
Burlington Northern NW12 - BN 14
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The Trains of Sioux Junction |
Look at all them cows
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2010 Fair |
BNSF 1530 (GP28M) leads the Cyclone (Sioux Falls-Madison, SD turn) through Crooks at M.P. 9.
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Cyclones in Crooks |
DAIR 4028 and a bunch of empties heads for Dell Rapids one June 2010 afternoon. Location: Renner, SD
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D&I Railroad Prototype Action and Modelers Shots |
Passing by the campgrounds
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Some of my engines |
BN 1876 - Athearn did this model, but I wanted one that runs better than theirs does, so I did my own.
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BN 1876 - My custom painted Kato SD40-2 |
Oh yeah, and A-Line brass sunshades.
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BN 6330 - the SDCat an SD40-2 with a split personality |
More BNSF 2931 - In the front yard.
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BNSF Mixed Freight Action - Winter 2010 |
Base units
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Wind turbine cars |
More rock work.
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Sioux Terminal / Front Yard Retaining Wall |
E&E 7 with a real big load - one calcium chloride tank at West Ave. Sioux Falls, SD.
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Ellis and Eastern Prototype Shots |
John is changing coal cars.
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June 2010 Open House Scrapbook |
DAIR 3029, 3030 and 3031 in custom paint by me this winter (2010). The photo is taken by me on my HO Scale Sioux Junction Railroad.
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D&I Railroad SD40-2 Project |
Mountain Cutoff 2
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Railfan Special Excursion Train |
These five locomotives are the entire fleet of E&E, which is owned by Sweetman Construction in Sioux Falls, SD.
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Ellis and Eastern Prototype Shots |
The oil storage tanks are now in and landscaped at the power plant.
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Brewery/Raven Plastics |
My BN 6148, a former SD9 of CB&Q heritage leads a single flatcar containing a wrecked GP38-2.
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Burlington Northern Hospital Train |
Some additional track and ballast work has been completed here in order to maintain proper clearances.
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Milltown Station |
DME 549 (SD10), Roof shot.
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Vintage DM&E SD10 locos on my layout |
A pair of E-L SD45-2 locos blast out of a tunnel.
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Erie Lackawanna HO Scale Action Shots |
MILW 156, painted in Bicentennial colors, leads a mixed freight through the keyhole tunnel at the SVMES layout in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Rob Bach\'s Milwaukee Road Trains |
BNSF snow dozer
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BNSF Snow Fighting Equipment - ACTION SHOTS |
E&E Number 7
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Ellis and Eastern Switchers on My Home Layout |
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Midwest Railcar Repair |
Marlin Fenner\'s HO layout from Milbank, SD
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Trains at Christmas 2009 |
A vew of cars being switched from over the Raven parking lot.
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Raven / Brewery Switching |
Our new HOn3 brass steam engine.
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Summer 2009 Layout Photos |
Two steamers at our recently rennovated steam service terminal.
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Eastern Steam Shots |
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North Central Mountain Area and Power Plant |
The coaling tower, ash pit and watertower are now in place at the new roundhouse.
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Roundhouse/Engine Facility Re-work |
Putting on the green.
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North Farm Area / Golf Course |
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Trains At Christmas 2005 |
