Today we got a good start out of Rawlings, WY with a brief stop at the Union Pacific RR station with the diesel re-fueling facility built into the two main line tracks, so every train is taking on fuel for the run over the mountains, something to see especially right on a operational sud division. We were also back into full winter gear, as the morning temperature had dipped into the mid 40'sF, we made good progress on US287/WY220 North, and you must realize that there is not much between towns except wide open grass lands, and each town is spaced about 100 miles apart, so fuel up often.
Lunch was in dusty (gravelly) Casper, WY, this was not a place I would go back to.
Taking I-25 for a few miles East to Douglas, where we turned North through Buffalo Gap National Grasslands. We reached Edgemont, SD which in on the BNSF Coal Line, just in time to catch two unit trains of coal heading East, there was a wye here and a branch line of the old CB&Q which ran all the way to Keystone, SD, long since abandoned.
Keystone, SD is a tourist town, much like Niagara Falls is except no waterfall, so what is here Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park - well worth the visit for sure.
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