I took this photograph in June of 1984, while on a vacation to Yellowstone National Park in Northwestern Wyoming. Our bus tour group from Chicago Illinois USA had stopped in South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore -The Chief Crazy Horse Monument (Under Construction ) -Wall Drug store -The Badlands -and even a stop in Keystone South Dakota. This 3 foot Narrow guage 2-6-o type locomotive, is actually Colorado and Southern Railroad N0# 9. It was owned by parent company -The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It was built around 1881 , rebuilt in the early 1900's with a larger boiler, and ran in regulair service into the 1930's. The Burlington later had "Fixed it up" and "Backdated it" to look like something out of the old west. This engine was used at the 1948 and 1949 "Chicago Railroad Fair". And other special "Public Relations Events" until retirement. After retirement, it was acquired by the "Black Hills Central" tourist railroad, wich ran from Keystone to Hill City South Dakota. They never used it on their trains, it was a display piece. This locomotive in recent years was acquired by the Georgetown Loop railroad in Colorado, has been completely rebuilt, and will soon be under its own power pulling tourist trains in Colorado.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Colorado and Southern Railroad No # 9. Keystone South Dakota. June 1984.
I took this photograph in June of 1984, while on a vacation to Yellowstone National Park in Northwestern Wyoming. Our bus tour group from Chicago Illinois USA had stopped in South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore -The Chief Crazy Horse Monument (Under Construction ) -Wall Drug store -The Badlands -and even a stop in Keystone South Dakota. This 3 foot Narrow guage 2-6-o type locomotive, is actually Colorado and Southern Railroad N0# 9. It was owned by parent company -The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It was built around 1881 , rebuilt in the early 1900's with a larger boiler, and ran in regulair service into the 1930's. The Burlington later had "Fixed it up" and "Backdated it" to look like something out of the old west. This engine was used at the 1948 and 1949 "Chicago Railroad Fair". And other special "Public Relations Events" until retirement. After retirement, it was acquired by the "Black Hills Central" tourist railroad, wich ran from Keystone to Hill City South Dakota. They never used it on their trains, it was a display piece. This locomotive in recent years was acquired by the Georgetown Loop railroad in Colorado, has been completely rebuilt, and will soon be under its own power pulling tourist trains in Colorado.
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