1880 Train

Today we went to Hill City to ride the 1880 train from Hill City to Keystone and back. We arrived in the afternoon as we had checked on the train departures on the internet and knew that there was a train at 1pm. We purchased the ticket and only had to wait about 5 minutes to board the train.

The train pulled out on time and we had a nice leisurely hour ride to Keystone. There was a lot of pretty scenery along the way.

This was our conductor. His name was Ed. He comes by to take your ticket. You don't have a ticket they say they will let you off where ever they are at the time they find you don't have one. Everyone had a ticket evidently because they did not stop.

These were some good scenery pictures. Below is the picture of the arrival at Keystone. There is a walk involved in getting to the main part of Keystone and it is pretty much a tourist area.

That was the end of the line but we did pay for the round trip. The trip one way takes approximately one hour. They spend 15 minutes in Keystone and then they head back on the return. So, If you want to spend time in Keystone, arrange your tickets accordingly. Hope you enjoyed!