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1957
  
Reopened

Locale
  
Keystone

Phone
  
+1 605-574-2222

Black Hills Central Railroad

Name
  
Keystone Branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad

Original gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)

Owned by
  
Black Hills Central Railroad

Operated by
  
Black Hills Central Railroad

Preserved gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)

Address
  
222 Railroad Ave, Hill City, SD 57745, USA

Built by
  
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Similar
  
Black Hills, Reptile Gardens, George S Mickelson Trail, Custer State Park, Rush Cave

Profiles

Black hills central railroad steam train


The Black Hills Central Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates in South Dakota, United States.

Contents

It currently operates the 1880 Train on the former Keystone Branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) between Hill City, South Dakota and Keystone, South Dakota. This railroad line was originally built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad as a mining railroad for gold in the Black Hills. It reached Keystone on January 20, 1900 and was later used to haul equipment for carving nearby Mount Rushmore.

In 1957, William Heckman and Robert Freer started the Black Hills Central Railroad which began operating a tourist passenger excursion train service on this line. In 1972, the Black Hills flood destroyed the last mile of the Burlington Northern/Black Hills Central line in Keystone, which was later restored in 2001.

The Black Hills Central Railroad restores early twentieth century-era locomotives and train cars and has been featured on television shows such as the Gunsmoke episode "Snow Train", General Hospital, and the TNT mini-series, Into the West. It also appeared in the movie Orphan Train.

Trains operate between early May and early October over the scenic 10-mile (16 km) line.

Black hills central railroad sept 22nd 2016


Preserved equipment

The BHCR operates rare, well-preserved, and operational steam locomotives:

  • # 7, Baldwin 2-6-2, built 1919
  • #103, Baldwin 2-6-2T, built 1922
  • #104, Baldwin 2-6-2T tank locomotive (pictured), built 1926
  • #110, Baldwin 2-6-6-2T, built 1928
  • The Black Hills Central Railroad also has a diesel locomotive on its engine roster:

  • #63, EMD GP9, formerly Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O)
  • #6657, Whitcomb Locomotive Works 80DE5, built 1943
  • References

    Black Hills Central Railroad Wikipedia


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