Our vacations including heritage rail tours are extremely popular. Here is one in beautiful South Dakota!
Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup (click here for itinerary)
September 25-30, 2010 (6 days, 5 nights)
- Guaranteed departure (plan in confidence!)
- Escorted vacation (0% fuss, 100% vacation!)
- One-hotel tour (unpack just once!)
- Includes home pickup and return (for clients in Marion and adjacent counties)
Previous blog post on this tour: Custer State Park and its annual buffalo roundup
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A ride on the “1880 Steam Train” is a must if you are traveling to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The movie posted above is quite informative!
Also, according to the official website of the Black Hills Central Railroad,
Imagine yourself immersed in the staggering beauty of the Black Hills of Western South Dakota! Imagine you’re gliding over the rugged landscape aboard a vintage steam train, like those that helped settle the Great American West!
Located near Mt. Rushmore National Monument and Crazy Horse Memorial, the locomotive offers a western experience like no other. Feel the power. Hear the bellow of the engine and the whine of the whistle as it winds it’s way through the scenic hills between Hill City and Keystone… and back again.
Please also take a look at the very interesting interactive route map for this railroad!
This is quite an experience, based on a storied history. According to Wikipedia,
The Black Hills Central Railroad currently operates the 1880 Train on the former Keystone Branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) between Hill City, South Dakota and Keystone, South Dakota. This railroad line was originally built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad as a mining railroad for gold in the Black Hills. It reached Keystone on January 20, 1900 and was later used to haul equipment for carving nearby Mount Rushmore. In 1957, the Black Hills Central Railroad began operating a tourist passenger excursion train service on this line. The railroad restores early twentieth century-era locomotives and train cars and has been featured on television shows, such as the Gunsmoke episode “Snow Train.”
We welcome you to give this heritage rail experience and the entire fabulous tour a try! We welcome reservations from Indianapolis, where we are based, or from any location in the United States or Canada.
Embedded YouTube video from blackhillstravel.
–Matt
The Interlude Tours Blog Team
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