The Black Hills of South Dakota are home to the Black Hills Central Railroad's so-called 1880s Train. The name is a bit of a publicity device since the only locomotive in the Hills at that early a date was the J.B. Haggin, a diminutive steamer operated by the Homestake Gold Mine, and its job was hauling ore rather than passengers. Later, major railroads did reach into the Hills, and today the 1880s Train runs on former Burlington rails between Hill City and Keystone, offering locals and tourists both one-way and round-trip tickets. The attached photos show two of the railroad's several locomotives, including a center-cab switcher and #110, a 2-6-6-2 tank engine. I took these one day while volunteering at the South Dakota State Railroad Museum, a separate entity but physically co-located with the Hill City terminal of the Black Hills Central.
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