| Nice action shot of Grand Canyon Rwy 2-8-0 #18 running b etween Williams, AZ and the Grand Canyon. This loco has led an intereting life. Buiolt by Alco-Pittbusgh in February of 1910 as Lake Superior and Ishpeming #11, the loco was renumbered in 1924 to LSI $18. After serving the LSI for nearly 52 years, it was sold in 1962 to th -Marquette & Huron Mountain tourist train and renumbered MH 18. In 1985 it was sold again to the Lake States Steam Association who had plans to resotre it. Unfortunately they were not successful so it was sold again in 1989 to the Grand Canyon Rwy where it was restored to running condition. After leading tourist trains to the Grand Canyon for nearly 18 years, it was acquired by the Mount Hood Railroad in Oregon in 2007, who then in turn sold it to the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) in Colorado. Between 2008 and 2013, No. 18 pulled the SLRG’s tourist trains, but after the railroad filed for bankruptcy, No. 18 was put under receivership. In 2021, the locomotive was purchased by the Maguire Foundation, who reached an agreement with the Colebrookdale Railroad to eventually operate the locomotive on their line in Pennsylvania. An unknown photographer took this photo. |