The Black Hills and Western Railroad, a steam/diesel railroad,
runs west from Rapid City South Dakota through the Black Hills and
on to Butte Montana. The slogan of the BH&W is the Route of the
Buffaloes and much of the track follows some old buffalo trails.
Therefore it became logical to name the two BH&W passenger trains
the Indian Buffalo and the Pioneer Buffalo. There is
even a steam powered mixed train with an old wooden combine that the
local folk have named the Tired Buffalo. In Rapid City South Dakota the BH&W interchanges with the
Milwaukee Road and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroads. Then in
Butte Montana the BH&W interchanges with the Union Pacific, the
Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee Road
railroads. This allows the BH&W to be the middle part of a bridge
route between Chicago and Seattle. The Kinnickinnic Valley Light Heat and Traction Company is a
typical Midwest trolley line with the model trolley line being
heavily influenced by the prototype Chicago North Shore and
Milwaukee Electric Railroad, and to a lesser extent, by The
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, two interurban lines
that once served Milwaukee. This model trolley line is a point to
point interurban beginning in Milwaukee from a model of the Chicago
North Shore and Milwaukee’s Milwaukee Terminal (yes, I have modeled
the whole city block that this terminal once occupied) and
continuing to a new terminal in Sheboygan. Most of
my trolley models are models of the two previously mentioned prototype
interurban lines. This model railroad layout occupies a good portion of my 14 x 32
foot train room and has been under construction since 2006, with the exception of the Milwaukee terminal which was moved
from Milwaukee in one piece. If you would like to visit the Black
Hills and Western Railroad and the Kinnickinnic Valley Light Heat
and Traction Company model railroad please contact me for
arrangements.
Welcome
to The Black Hills and Western Railroad and The Kinnickinnic Valley
Light Heat and Traction Company, a model railroad layout consisting
of two model railroads, a steam/diesel line and a trolley line.
