Steamtown

Excursion train leaving yard in Scranton, PA. Engine #3254, a Class S-1b 2-8-2 Mikado, had been Canadian National 3254, built by Canadian Locomotive Works, Kingston, Ontario in 1917. Originally built for the Canadian Government Railway, which became part of the Canadian National in 1918. Retired by CN in 1958. It was sold to a private owner in Pennsylvania in 1961, and in 1982 it was sold to the Gettysburg Railroad. In the summer of 1987, the Steamtown Foundation acquired 3254 in a trade-purchase transaction.

Taken by Steve Kalka