Private company

Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad

Class II railroad in South Dakota

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.2 It is part of Genesee & Wyoming.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2014Founded1
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Photo: Jerry Huddleston from Hampton, Minnesota, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

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.2

Corporate structure

Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad is part of a group headed by Genesee & Wyoming. 48 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Canadian Pacific Railway1

Timeline

  1. 2014Acquired Acquired by Genesee & Wyoming1
  2. 2014Founded Founded1