Detroit, Toledo & Ironton No. 45

Detroit, Toledo & Ironton No. 45 is a 4-4-2 "Atlantic" Type steam locomotive it was built by Alco in 1902 for the Michigan Central Railroad as #254.
The locomotive was used for both freight and passenger trains on the Michigan Central Railroad. It was renumbered as #7953 in 1905, and as #8085 in 1915.
Meanwhile, when Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920, the line was in rough shape. So he began modernizing and revitalizing the line, expanding it to serve his massive plant in Dearborn, and also bought new locomotives to help with the extra work, including 8085. It was renumbered 45, and, in this form, worked for many years before being retired and donated to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.
Today the locomotive is on public display at The Henry Ford Museum.
==Trivia==
*The locomotive came with a tender, but the latter is currently not displayed behind the engine as it is separated in a far corner of the museum.
*This is the only remaining Detroit, Toledo & Ironton 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type locomotive.
*In the cab this is an example of a steam locomotive with double firedoors for the Firebox.
*Whenever it is on display, No. 45 is restored and displayed as Michigan Central 254. A classic example of early 20th Century passenger power.
==Gallery==
File:Mi323.jpg|No. 45 on public display
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