Black Hills Central Railroad

Black Hills Central Railroad

The Black Hills Central Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates in South Dakota. It currently operates the 1880 Train on the former Keystone Branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) between Hill City and Keystone.

This railroad line was originally built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad as a mining railroad for gold in the Black Hills. It reached Keystone on January 20, 1900 and was later used to haul equipment for carving nearby Mount Rushmore.

In 1957, William Heckman and Robert Freer started the Black Hills Central Railroad which began operating a tourist passenger excursion train service on this line.

Location

222 Railroad Avenue
Hill City
South Dakota
USA

Getting There

The Black Hills Central Railroad is located in Hill City, South Dakota, and is accessible by car or taxi. There is no public transportation that goes directly to the railroad. However, the closest airport is the Rapid City Regional Airport, and from there, visitors can rent a car or take a taxi to Hill City.

Nearby Airports

This is a list of primary airports in South Dakota that have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.