Former Grand Trunk Western Railway 4-6-2 Class K-4-a 5629 at Blue Island, Illinois on July 4, 1980, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 5629 was built by Alco in 1924, acquired by Dick Jensen in 1959, and ran on several steam fantrips. It is pictured with the ex-Soo Line 4-8-2 tender (on the far right) which Mr. Jensen stored in Rock Island's Blue Island crumbling roundhouse until about 1982. More discussion at this address: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19993&start=0 |