Built by Alco in November, 1940, for the Alabama State Docks Railroad. It was the last steam locomotive purchased by the railroad. It served until 1956, and in 1957 was bought by the Gulf States Paper Corp in Holt, Alabama. In 1959 it was donated to the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Tuscaloosa, where it resided in Jaycee Park until1980, when it was donated to the Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Versailles, Kentucky. It was moved to Gambier in April, 2001, and has been cosmetically restored there. |