Black Hills Central Railroad

TheBlack Hills Central Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates in Keystone, South Dakota, United States. They operate between early May and early October over the scenic 10-mile (16 km) line. The railroad was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2003.
==History==
In 1956 two steam enthusiasts, William Heckman and Robert Freer, promoted to "have in operation at least one working steam railroad, for boys of all ages who share America's fondness for the rapidly vanishing steam locomotive." They soon gathered financial, political and popular support for this venture adjacent to the tourist destination of Mount Rushmore. The intention was to have summer steam train operations with 1880-period equipment.
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. It reached Keystone on January 20, 1900 and was later used to haul equipment for carving nearby Mount Rushmore.
==Equipment==
===Locomotives===
Number	Images	Heritage 	Type 	Builder 	Built	Status 	Notes
110 	 	Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 	2-6-6-2T 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1928 	Operational	
7 	 	Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Co. 	2-6-2 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1919 	Display 	
104 	 	Silver Falls Timber Company 	2-6-2T 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1926 	Operational	
108 	 	Potlatch Lumber Company 	2-6-6-2T 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1926 	Operational	
103 	 	Silver Falls Timber Company 	2-6-2T 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	1922 	Storage 	
63 	 	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O)	EMD GP9 	Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD)	1956 	Operational	
6657 	 	U.S. Army 	Whitcomb 80 Tonner	Whitcomb Locomotive Company	1943 	Operational	
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