Black Hills Central Railroad

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The Black Hills Central Railroad (AAR reporting marks BHCR) is a tourist railroad operating on the former BN (nee CB&Q) Keystone Branch between Hill City and Keystone, South Dakota. It was originally built as a mining railroad for Black Hills Gold.

[edit] Preserved equipment

The BHCR operates rare, well-preserved, and operational steam locomotives:

  • 7, a Baldwin 2-6-2, built 1919
  • 103, another Baldwin 2-6-2, built 1926
  • 104, a Baldwin 2-6-2T, built 1926
  • 110, a Baldwin 2-6-6-2T, built 1928, the last operating model of its type.
  • 6657, a Whitcomb Locomotive Works 80DE5, built 1943