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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 (CB&Q) to serve mining and timber interests in the Black Hills.
Hill City is the oldest existing city in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.The population was 872 at the 2020 census. [6] Hill City is located 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Rapid City on U.S. Highway 16 and on U.S. Route 385 that connects Deadwood to Hot Springs.
South Dakota Central Railway: GN: 1903 1916 Watertown and Sioux Falls Railway: South Dakota Western Railway: CNW: 1890 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad: South Sioux Falls Railroad and Rapid Transit Company: GN: 1888 1890 Sioux Falls Terminal Railroad: Southern Minnesota Railway: MILW: 1878 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul ...
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The Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad (BH&FP) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge [1] railroad in the Black Hills of the U.S. state of South Dakota.It was created by the Homestake Mining Company and initially ran from Lead to Calcite and Piedmont by way of Elk Creek.
A sawmill produced 900,000 feet (270,000 m) of lumber for the operations. The mill's building was delayed in March 1880 due to the freight train's inability to make it to the mill, due to a snowfall of 4 feet (1.2 m). Though the mill was running 60-stamps by May 1880, it closed in 1881, and from there began running intermittently until 1936. [5]
The train, supplied for the Fair by CB&Q, consisted of refurbished Colorado and Southern Number 9, a 2-6-0 built in 1882, and coaches, open observation cars and a railway post office car which had been built new by CB&Q in 1880's style. The complete train was acquired in 1956 by the Black Hills Central Railroad, but the Deadwood Central name ...
website, part of South Dakota State University, exhibits include tractors and farm equipment, an original 1882 homestead claim shack, and a recreated 1915 farmhouse. Abundant historic photographs enhance the understanding of South Dakota's rural qualities. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology APEX Gallery: Rapid City: Pennington: Western: Art