History

Steam Locomotive #72

Wheel Arrangement 2-6-2
Length 52 feet
Weight 210,000 lbs.
Axle Load 32,000 lbs.
Driving Wheel Diameter 40 inches
Cylinder Measurement 17 x 24 inch
Steam Pressure 200 psi
Tractive Effort 23,100 lbs.
Water Capacity 4,000 gallons
Fuel Oil Capacity 1,000 gallons
(recycled oil)

Black Hills Central Railroad Engine #7 is a 2-6-2 with tender built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Company in 1919. The locomotive was sold to and operated by the Caddo and Choctaw Railroad several years later. The “Seven” was sold to the Prescott and Northwestern in Northern Arkansas in 1938, and was acquired by the Black Hills Central Railroad in 1962.