The whistle is sounded as the morning excursion rolls onto the Spring Creek trestle and approaches the Old Hill City Road crossing.
The afternoon excursion makes its way towards Keystone on a sunny day.
The crew fills the saddle tank of the unique mallet engine before coupling to the train for the first excursion of the day. Larger crowds brought out 110 for the days activities.
BHC 110 carries the last train of the season through the fall colors.
A UP manifest comes into Cheyenne ready to rest from its journey.
Black Hills Central 2-5-2 No. 7 struggles up the 4% grade leading out of Hill City, bound for Keystone.
Black Hills Central 2-5-2 No. 7 runs around its train at Keystone Junction on a lazy summer afternoon in 1995.
Black Hills Central #110 headed into Keystone, SD
A fresh snow fall covers Black Hills Central's GP9 formerly owned by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The railroad operates the 1880 train on former Burlington Northern's Keystone Branch. Some of thei... (more)
The afternoon excursion from Hill City to Keystone slices through some pastures on its way to Keystone.
Old #110 shows its articulating capabilities as it negotiates a sharp curve on its way east to Keystone.
Eastbound "1880's Train" with the 2-6-6-2T Mallet heads towards Keystone.
The "1880's Train" crosses Old Hill City Road about 20 times between Hill City and Keystone. They normally use this 2-6-6-2T locomotive which unfortunately runs tender first in the later afternoon... (more)
Westbound "1880's Train" works uphill out of Keystone on the old CB&Q tracks.
BHC Mallet #110 rolls past "Old No. 7" on display at the end of the former CB&Q mainline in Hill City, SD.
