| | THE POLAR EXPRESS CAME EARLY | | | | Steam and snow surround Mike Grimm waits for the engine of a vintage 1880 train to back into position in Hill City, S.D., Thursday morning, Sept. 11, 2014. Riders on the popular summertime tourist attraction got a very wintertime view as a storm brought as much as 8 inches of snow to parts of the Black Hills. Snowfall in downtown Rapid City marked the earliest such event since 1888; that was before South Dakota was even a state. Credit: AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Chris Huber | | | | |