Looking very European looking with the side smoke deflectors, this 4-6-2 Pacific was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in June of 1923. Specs - serial #64541, G3c, 75" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 299,000 lb, tractive effort of 42,500 bl, Type A superheaters, Elesco feed water heaters.Retired in 1959 and stored until 1965 when it was sold in November of 1965 to Steamtown USA,Bellows Falls, Vermont. It was placed in storage/display in 2010 while awaiting another restoration. J.R. Quinn photo |