1880 Steam Train, Hill City to Keystone, SD 9/24 (time markers in description)

0:00 Start
0:15 Brief whistle, pulling out of Hill City
1:01 Steam plume, first black then white
2:11 Road crossing. Whistle: 2 long, 1 short, 1 long = approaching road crossing
3:25 Going through a cut
4:30 Steam blow-off (purging system of contaminants)
4:45 Waving back at locals along the way
5:35 Classic “I think I can” sound of a train going up a grade
6:05 Whistle again
6:31 Another steam blow-off
7:11 Arriving Keystone station, engine and engineers
7:46 Filling the water tank the old-fashioned way
9:01 Greasing the drive train
9:44 Mike answers questions
10:09 Engineer sitting in classic position
10:25 In the first car, looking forward at the engine under way
13:58 Glass insulators on old power poles
14:54 Aspen starting to turn color
16:15 Biggest steam blow-off, got wet on this one