Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2

Powered by #110, the world's smallest operating standard gauge articulated locomotive, this video depicts the regular summer excursion train operated by the Black Hills Central Railroad between Hill City and Keystone, SD. While most of the trains are powered by the 2-6-6-2, the first train in the morning draws GP9 #63. Marketed at the "1880 Train", various locations along the railroad's 10-mile-long line are shown here including the 6% grade out of Hill City that slows the train to a crawl.
These clips will be featured in an upcoming episode of the TV series Trackside. Go to www.trainweb.org/tracksideonline for more information.

[@Oldskoolrailroad]

beautiful steamer, and yes it's a very rare mallet. thx for sharin'.

[@kevininasia]

Really nice video. Great locomotive, wonderful scenery - I really enjoyed watching this. :)

[@SeriosProductions]

For such a large machine it is relatively quiet!
Also, I thought that the worlds smallest operating articulated locomotive was a K Class Garratt (0-4-0+0-4-0) on the Welsh Highland Railway.

[@flammabletube]

absolutly amazing to see these old steamers saved in working order too many steamers were scrapped when diesels were built much too the the shame of the railroads back then
ps fab filming especially coming thru the morning mist

[@BCSchmerker]

Definitely a route that exercises the featured 2-6+6-2T Mallet Compound's full performance range. A Stevenson-geared 2-8-0 with 48" drivers would be more authentic to the "1880 Train" theme, but they're getting a little hard to find.

[@LostOzarkRambler]

Great video.

[@SeriosProductions]

Amytime, man. Still is a grat vid though, and a very impressive locomotive.

[@RailyardProductions]

Sweet video! I didn't know about this locomotive. Is it still in service? I'm planning
a trip out west next summer. Hope I get to see it. I have videos of U.P. 3985
posted if you want to check it out. Old video footage from the 1980's. I am going
to Missouri to video 3985 in about 2 weeks!