Black Hills Central #104 returns west to Hill City on its one and only trip of the day. The locomotive can starts the steep descent into town.
Black Hills Central #104 returns west to Hill City on its one and only trip of the day. The locomotive can take a breather as it starts its decent into Hill City.
Baldwin 2-6-2T steam locomotive pulls a set of cars out of Hill City on it's run to Keystone. This locomotive sure did get a workout climbing the grade.
BHC 104 carries the last train of the day back to Hill City after a long day of work.
The whistle is sounded as the morning excursion rolls onto the Spring Creek trestle and approaches the Old Hill City Road crossing.
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.
Black Hills Central 2-5-2 No. 7 struggles up the 4% grade leading out of Hill City, bound for Keystone.
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)
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)
BHC Mallet #110 rolls past "Old No. 7" on display at the end of the former CB&Q mainline in Hill City, SD.
A unique Whitcomb centercab diesel complements the steam operations at Black Hills Central.
On the way from Keystone back to Hill City
110 is a 2-6-6-2 under a full head of hissing steam as it goes over the nearby creek. It has left the station and is beginning the climb up the 4%-6% grade out of Hill City, South Dakota, the inf... (more)
