Rapid City Journal

1880 Train, new museum draws railroad enthusiasts

The Burlington branch that came to host the 1880 Train's operations was built in several portions between Hill City and Keystone during the central Black Hills mining boom in the 1890s and the first ...
Rapid City Journal

1880 train celebrates 65 years

All aboard! A “double header” train ride and special events on Saturday will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the 1880 Train. The weekend of Aug. 20 marks the 65th anniversary of the first passenger ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Mays Landing pays tribute to victims of 1880 train crash

MAYS LANDING — "Nobody ever heard about it," said Grace McKenna, a descendant of a woman who survived a deadly train crash in Mays Landing in 1880. Her great-grandmother, Katie Shields, took the train ...
The Herald-Times

Steam-powered train trip recalls Black Hills of 1880s

HILL CITY, S.D. — With a belch of smoke and a shrill whistle, the 1880 Train is off, taking passengers on a trip back in time. Just as it did more than a century ago, the vintage steam train winds ...
The Press of Atlantic City

1880 train crash recreated at Hamilton Ghost Tour

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — On Aug. 11, 1880, a grisly train crash near the bridge crossing the Great Egg Harbor River in Mays Landing on the Atlantic City branch of the West Jersey Railroad killed 25 people ...