Draft:List of preserved Grand Trunk Western Railroad Locomotives
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- Comment: Wikipedia is not a indiscriminate collection of information. This could possibly exist as a template filled with links to other locomotives, but as a standalone list, this does not appear to warrant its own article. Utopes (talk / cont) 22:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
This article is a list of locomotives that have been preserved after being retired from active service on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad.
Preserved steam locomotives
Formerly preserved, scrapped
Photograph | Number | Class | Whyte Notation | Build date | Manufacturer | Scrapped | Location of scrapping | Notes | Refs. |
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5629 | K-4a | 4-6-2 "Pacific" | February 1924 | American Locomotive Company | July 1987 | Rock Island's Blue Island Freight Yard. | USRA Light Pacific | [8][9] |
References
- ^ "Grand Trunk Western 6323B". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ "$215 for 'Old 6325' Gift of Volunteers". Battle Creek Enquirer. September 18, 1959. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Business Firms To Be Solicited for 'Old 6325' Aid". Battle Creek Enquirer. September 10, 1959. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Steam Locomotive 4070 being restored at Midwest Railway Preservation Society". Midwest Railway Preservation Society.
- ^ "GTW J-3-a #5030 - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "GTW K-4-b #5632 - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "Steamtown NHS: Special History Study". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ "Grand Trunk Western No. 5629". Locomotive & Railway Preservation. September–October 1987. pp. 16–17.
- ^ Mahoney, Michelle (July 6, 1987). "Railroad Buffs Steamed by Plan to Scrap Antique Engine". Associated Press News. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.