Thanks. If anybody wants to see a REALLY detailed map of the turn of
the century BR, go here: http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps900059-
24568.html In order to make the interactive feature work and blow it
up huge, you have to turn off any pop up blocker.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Norm Metcalf <metcalf@a...> wrote:
> The CBQ's only routes in South Dakota were the mainline through
Crawford
> NE, Edgemont SD and Newcastle WY plus the lines from Edgemont to
the
> Deadwood-Lead area (including their subsidiary Deadwood Central,
which
> was partially electrified) and branches to such places as Hot
Springs,
> Keystone and Reno. The branches north of Edgemont are either
abandoned
> or operated by the Black Hills Central.
> In contrast the BNSF operates hundreds of miles of ex-Milwaukee
and
> Great Northern trackage in South Dakota. However, none of it goes
near
> Rapid City. See their website at www.bnsf.com for a map.
> Norm Metcalf, Boulder CO
>
> wollffee wrote:
>
> >Did any Burlington Route train go to Rapid City? Does the BNSF
still
> >operate a branch there?
> >
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