Lake Superior & Ishpeming No. 20

The Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR No. 20 is a class SC-4 2-8-0 "Consolidation" steam locomotive built by Alco in 1910 for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming railroad.
The locomotive used to haul iron ore trains between Marquette, MI and work at dockyards alongside Lake Superior where the ore would be shipped to steel mills on the lower lakes.
On November 9, 1969, No. 20 was retired from service and it was put in the scrap line at Marquette, Michigan where the locomotive was going to be scrapped.
Since 1989 - 2006, No. 20 was restored by the Grand Canyon Railroad, but No. 20 has not yet been rebuilt to operational status and is only in storage.
In 2007, the locomotive visited the Mt. Hood Scenic Railway alongside with sister locomotive No. 18. Unfortunately it was not in steam, and it remains on static display.   
Today the locomotive is now on static display at the Depot Museum in Allen, Texas and is planned to receive cosmetic restoration.
==Trivia==
*LS&I 20 was sold early 2020 from Iowa Pacific Holdings to the City of Allen Station, Texas. Steve Butler prepared #20 for movement from Alamosa, Colorado to Allen Station, TX. No. 20 moved on four semi-trucks departed Alamosa, CO, 12 October 2020.
*LS&I 20 is currently being stored outside with no current plans to return to operation.
*When No. 20 was not in operation in 1989 during the holiday event at the Grand Canyon railroad she was stored in the East leg of the William's Wye along with sister locomotive No. 19. Future plans called they're restorations was supposed to be used on the North side of line but it didn't came true.
*From 2008-2020, the locomotive used to be in storage at the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad in Alamosa, CO.
==See also==
*Gallery
Category:ALCO locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:2-8-0 steam locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Eight-coupled locomotives
Category:Lake Superior & Ishpeming locomotives
Category:2-8-0 locomotives
Category:Built in 1910
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