Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T #110 Mallet steam locomotive climbs 6% grade

Black Hills Central Railroad #110, a 2-6-6-2T, Mallet type steam locomotive puts on a fine show of smoke and steam as it travels through the hills of South Dakota. This rail line has some of the steepest grades in the United States at up to 6%. The #110 was originally built as a logging locomotive in 1928 for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. It spent most of it’s time in the woods of Washington state. It was retired in 1968 and later put on display in Heber City, Utah. Then it was sold to the Nevada rail