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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.
Minnesota and Black Hills Railroad: CNW: 1879 1879 St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad: Minnesota Central Railroad: MCTA 1994 2000 Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. Minnesota Central Railroad: CGW: 1857 1883 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway: Minnesota Central Railway: MILW: 1864 1870 McGregor Western Railway, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
On June 15, 1881, the railroad company was incorporated under the name Black Hills Railroad Company. The name was changed to the Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad on July 10, 1882. [2] On November 29, 1881, a mule team hauled the first locomotive, a Porter 2-6-0, from Fort Pierre to Lead. The first track was laid from Lead to Woodville in ...
In 1957, the Black Hills Central Railroad, also known locally as the 1880 Train, opened a tourist passenger train on the Black Hills Central Line. In 1972, a flood destroyed the last mile of the Burlington Northern and Black Hills Central Lines that extended from Hill City to Keystone. This final mile was restored in 2001.
Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad: 1891 1903 Black Hills and Missouri River Railroad: Deadwood Central Railroad: DCRX CB&Q: 1888 1936 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad: DSCR IC: 1888 1946 Illinois Central Railroad: Duluth, Watertown and Pacific Railway: GN: 1885 1907 Great Northern Railway ...
The Deadwood Central Railroad (DCRX) [1] was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad in the U.S. state of South Dakota.It was founded by Deadwood, South Dakota resident J.K.P. Miller and his associates in 1888 to serve their mining enterprises in the Black Hills.
The Crouch Line was one of many railroads in the Black Hills that experienced the area's boom and bust. Most of these early railroads were short-lived, and the main reason for the failures was flash flooding. [5] The Crouch Line entered the planning stages in the early 1890s, with the purpose of connecting Rapid City to the central Black Hills. [4]
Everything changed after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was ordered to lead an expedition into the Black Hills and announced the discovery of gold in 1874, on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. This announcement was a catalyst for the Black Hills Gold Rush, and miners and entrepreneurs swept into the area. They ...