All aboard! A “double header” train ride and special events on Saturday will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the 1880 Train.

The 1880 Train trip covers just over 9.5 miles one way in about 55 minutes. “It passes through the heart of the Black Hills tin and mineral mining area,” Lewis said.The trip ...

Join SDPB as we take a ride on the most scenic railway of the Black Hills and learn its history.

Visit the Steamtown National Historic site in Pennsylvania; the Black Hills of South Dakota to ride the 1880 train; and, the White Mountains of New Hampshire on the Conway Scenic Railroad.

For 60 years men like Harlan have kept the Black Hills Central Railroad steam engines running smoothly along the track between Hill City and Keystone, the Rapid City Journal reported .