Old Number 4

Old No.4 was the locomotive involved in the 1883 Great Train Crash, leading to the eventual creation of Greasy's Diner. 
=== History ===
The Gravity Falls Railroad was the owning company of Old No.4, a 2-4-4 steam locomotive built by an unknown company. It is unknown if the railroad owned other engines, or if it was the sole one owned by the railroad. 
By 1883, the Railroad had been run down to such an extent that the locomotive was in poor condition and crewed by poorly trained staff, which contributed to the disaster. 
No.4 was almost completely destroyed after falling from the Gravity Falls Railroad Bridge on the 11:53 Pacific North-Woodsman, one of the lowest tier trains in the USA, carrying the area’s best pillows, haybales, rubber balls and stickers, along with a couple of passenger carriages full of ne’er-do-wells. The wreck landed close to the spot now occupied by Greasy's diner. When the site caused an epidemic of tetanus, it was decided to rebuild the locomotive and its train's wreckage into a diner. This took place in 1960.
Greasy's Diner houses many artefacts from the train wreck, including a kitchen largely built of locomotive components and a number plate nearby one of the doors. A photograph of No.4 also exists hung on one of the walls, and postcards are sold at the counter. 
Since the events of The Ghost of Greasy's, a memorial now sits alongside the diner to mark the wreck and those who were killed in the accident - including the ghost himself. 
=== Real life basis ===
Old No.4 was based upon many generic American locomotive designs, but bears a particularly strong resemblance to Illinois Central 201, which was built in 1880. It can be presumed that No.4 was substantially older. This design was chosen as the author had never seen this type of locomotive in his home country of England, and wanted something suitably unusual for Gravity Falls' railroad.
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