Photos from a needed vacation trip to South Dakota. From Friday afternoon, a trip on the Black Hills Central. Got real lucky, as power for this trip was BHC #110, a 2-6-6-2T steam locomotive! Also have video of the #110 in action! Black Hills Central #104, a 2-6-2T, under steam. Black Hills Central #110, a 2-6-6-2T Grades range from 4% to 6%!! Locomotive had a great bark to exhaust on grades! Was very well worth the while! A video of the 110 and other photos to be added later. These are just a quick teaser! A 5 minute video of train as it return to Hill City, SD from Keystone, SD. Grade here ranges between 4% and 6%. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3pFqKCNhNw
Keith, great to see this seldom-fanned operation covered here. The 2-6-6-2 has quite a history. :tb-biggrin:
Ah the 1880 train...or thats what it was called...Used to live in Rapid City, well Ellsworth AFB, but close enough, way back in the early 90s...go there quite often
