Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCPE) 3421 as it leads their train eastbound through the countryside along I90, as they head for Rapid City, South Dakota on the Black Hills Subdivision, on June 26th, 2025.
According to Wikipedia, the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (reporting mark RCPE) is a Class II freight railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming and Nebraska. It is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming. The primary commodities shipped are grain, clay, and cement. Operations began on June 1, 2014.
Genesee & Wyoming, a holding company of mostly short line railroads, formed the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern to acquire the western end of the former Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) rail line from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The RCPE and DM&E entered an agreement on January 2, 2014, wherein RCPE would acquire 670 miles of track and 219 miles of trackage rights from the DM&E. The acquisition was completed on May 30, 2014, for $210 million. Most of its employees came from the DM&E.
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