Dropping downgrade out of Oblivion headed for Keystone
Leaving Hill City with an early afternoon train.
Scenes like this doubleheader at Hill City will soon be a thing of the past when GP9 No. 63 is put into service. It will be used when 2-6-6-2T No. 110 is down for a boiler wash. Currently, the B... (more)
Former Black Hills Power & Light No. 1 has been at Hill City since 1983 providing back-up power; GP9 No. 63 arrived a week ago from Progressive Rail in Minnesota (it had to be trucked in).
No. 110 at the foot of Tin Mill Hill with 7 cars bound for Keystone.
The only operating compound tank Mallet in the United States basks in the early morning sun alongside the Hill City depot.
Heading upgrade out of Keystone on the last run of the day.
Mike Grimm starting the air compressor on this 1926 Baldwin 2-6-2T.
Engineer Jerry Drager drains the air tank on No. 104 prior to the first run of the day.
No. 110 with seven coaches rolling through Keystone Junction, which is where the ride terminated from 1972-2000 before the track was rebuilt into Keystone proper.
Former Rayonier 110 preparing to leave Hill City with the first trip of the day.
No. 104 leads No. 7 upgrade out of Keystone heading for Hill City.
No. 7 has just left the shop area and is running around the coaches in preparation for the first trip of the day.
The impressive front end of 2-6-2 No. 7, built by Baldwin in 1919. The large diamond stack was added for a Disney movie filmed on the Black Hills Central during the 1970s.
No. 7 and 104 strain to pull seven coaches up the 4% grade to Oblivion, South Dakota.
