Grand Trunk Western No. 4070

Grand Trunk Western No. 4070 is an S-3-a class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for in 1918 the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. It is a USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2. The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible.
The original number given to it by the Grand Trunk Western was 474, it was later changed to 3734 and finally 4070.
After retirement from service in 1960, it was sold by the GTW to a private owner, and leased from him in 1966, then purchased in 1971.
Before then, the locomotive was seen hauling a passenger train from Chicago, IL to South Bend, IN in 1968. 4070 was donated to the Midwest Railway Historical Foundation in the 1970s where it hauled passenger trains and occasionally hauled demonstration freight trains. It double-headed a passenger train with Reading Railroad No. 2102 in 1977.
The locomotive made its last run in 1990, and it retired. Today it's still at the Midwest Railway Historical Foundation but it's currently under a very slow overhaul, which hardly seemed complete.
==Trivia==
*The locomotive only featured in two films such as "All About Trains" "The Valley Line" "I Love Toy Trains" (during a "Real Trains" segment), "Steamin' in the Valley" and "The Natural" (1984).
*In 2011 it was full of Christmas decorations and it had a large banner saying "Toys" displayed on both sides of the tender.
*In 1984 the tender was re-lettered to 'Burlington Route,' also known as the CB&Q railroad for a feature film entitled "The Natural".
*This locomotive was one of the last steam locomotives to used in revenue service on an American railroad.
*In 1982 it hauled a passenger train on the Cuyahoga Valley Line Railroad carrying a headboard saying "The American Flyer".
*The engine crashed into a turntable at a roundhouse on June 9, 1955.
* It is featured in the book "Evening before The Diesel" by Charles Foss.
*The locomotive last ran in the Cuyahoga Valley in 1990. Some parts were removed, but it was never repaired.
==Gallery==
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85040694510f7985556fb.jpg|No. 4070 Operating At The Grand Trunk Western Railway
15545458749089758877563906457299262431961.jpg|No. 4070 Fell Into A Turntable Pit In 1961
Img029-copyBB.jpg|No. 4070 Getting A Steam Up
A43f2ebcb0f15d341eeb7f8044a9ec2a1.jpg|No. 4070 Is In A City
FILE0198.jpg|No. 4070 Is All Black
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