Toppa Tin Mill. Emerging from the morning shadows at the top of Tin Mill Hill, Black Hills Central Railroad Locomotive #110 blows for the 3rd crossing of Old Hill City Road near Milepost 1,... (more)
Sanding the flues. Black Hills Central Railroad Locomotive #108 pours out a strong, salt and pepper plume as she hauls the first "1880 Train" of the day past the second crossing a... (more)
Morning blow-down. With Locomotive #108 positioned just short of the the wooden trestle at the north end of the Hill City Yard, Black Hills Central Engineer Cesar and his fireman open the b... (more)
Seeing double. Yes indeed, there are two, big, Baldwin 2-6-6-2T, articulated, compound mallet locomotives steaming in the yard at Hill City, SD this morning. The duty engine for the first... (more)
Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T No. 110 rolls downgrade out of Oblivion with a late afternoon run to Keystone.
With a severe thunderstorm rolling into South Dakotas Black Hills, the Black Hills Scenic 2:30pm train charges up the steep rain-slick grade cutting through the dense forest.
This is a shot I've had in mind for awhile but haven't been able to pull off until now. Black Hills Central 110 is working hard upgrade near the top of Tin Mill Hill just out of Hill City, South ... (more)
As a thunderstorm opens up overhead, Black Hills Central 110 heads upgrade out of Hill City with the last run of the day to Keystone.
Former Rayonier 2-6-6-2T digs in for the long climb up Tin Mill Hill as it departs Hill City with the first train of the day.
The morning ritual at Hill City includes a short run past the enginehouse to blow down the boiler before the locomotive is tied onto the train. Bridge .01 is the first the train will cross as it ... (more)
BHC 2-6-6-2T 110 steams alongside Old Hill City Road on its way to Keystone. The tracks were laid in 1890 by the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, and later taken over by CB&Q. Tourist train... (more)
Black Hills Central 110 has coupled to its train, and the crew is performing an initial terminal air test before departing for Keystone.
Black Hills Central 110 is drifting downgrade across a wooden trestle on its way between Hill City and Keystone.
Former Weyerhaeuser 108, a 1926 Baldwin 2-6-6-2T, drifts downgrade through rock cuts as it approaches Keystone on an evening run.
The Black Hills Central's latest steam restoration, Weyerhaeuser 108, thunders upgrade towards Oblivion with a late afternoon run to Keystone.