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1880 Train depot and Highliner Eatery

Hill City, South Dakota, United States

Other · local-legend

The Story

A man in a brown suit reportedly appeared inside the Highliner Eatery’s railway dining car and then was gone. HauntedPlaces.org places this employee account at the 1880 Train attraction in Hill City. The haunting is tied to the depot-side dining car rather than every train along the railway.

The Hauntings

A man in a brown suit reportedly appeared inside the Highliner Eatery’s railway dining car and then was gone. HauntedPlaces.org places this employee account at the 1880 Train attraction in Hill City. The haunting is tied to the depot-side dining car rather than every train along the railway. Avoid directory claims that confuse the current tourist railway with the first steam locomotive hauled into the Black Hills.

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Follow current operator rules and posted hours; the haunting source does not establish public or after-hours investigation permission.

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