Sandy Ghandi

### History

Sandy Ghandi like Eevee Hanawalt was a Indian English Accent Pacific type Locomotive in India built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in the early 1920s for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad which Sandy has a original number such as 5627. He was used to haul commuter passenger trains in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.

Sandy was pulling a freight trains through the Buckeye State in Ohio as well but the diesels will took over until 1959.

After the retirement, Sandy was put into storage in Noblesville in the summer of 1959.

After Sandy was being storage one years later, Sandy was moved into a scrapyard in Hammond, Indiana in 1960 as he sadly watched Eevee Hanawalt was being restored to operation before Sandy awaiting his faith until the end of 1964.

In January 1965, Indian Railways saved Sandy from the cutter's torch and moved into Indian Railway shops for his restoration. In April 1965, Sandy's restoration work begins which Sandy will undergo renumbering from the original 5627 to a current 133 like Eevee Hanawalt and brought Sandy's AUX Tender from the real Rock Island 4-8-4 Northern #5103. In August 1969, Sandy's restoration work finished and stopped due his great condition.

Later in September 1969, Sandy moved under steam for the first time in 10 years since 1959 and he pulled excursions in 1969 until 1988.

Later, Sandy involved 2 accidents during the 80s season which includes a boiler explosion accident in Chennai in May 1981 and it was repaired and back to service again followed by Sandy involved a another accident causing a derailment in New Delhi in June 1983 during 1983 Summer Foilage Trains and Sandy was rebuilt again and returned to steam once more in August 1983.

In April 1988, Sandy returned to America and sold to the Ohio Central steam shops in Morgan Run, Ohio for a test run in Ohio from 1988 until 1990.

In June 1990, Sandy was moved into the Union Pacific rails on the Union Pacific for which it was painted in Baltimore and Ohio colors like Eevee Hanawalt and real GTW 5629 for the 1961 excursions and he met Oliver Goldworth aka Union Pacific 844 before Oliver Goldworth aka Union Pacific 844 Doubleheads into St. Louis, Missouri for the 1990 NRHS Convention.

Later, Sandy has a huge meeting with Norfolk and Western 1218, Cotton Belt 819 and Frisco 1522 on the St. Louis Union Station soon for the grand finale Sandy tripleheads with Frisco 1522 and Oliver Goldworth aka 844.

After the NRHS Convention, Sandy will be on a ferry move from Kirkwood, Missouri back to Morgan Run, Ohio for storage.

As of 2023 in October, Sandy Ghandi left Morgan Run, Ohio and he eventually resides at the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Scranton Yard in Scranton on his Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Scenic Railway (PASR) and he was ready for the November 2023 season from Scranton to Poconos Pennsylvania. After hauling Pennsylvania Scenic Tourist excursions from his Christmas season, Sandy Ghandi was sold to the another tourist railroad at the Ohio Central Southern Railroad (OCS) on the C&O mainline from Kentucky Bluegrasses to the Ohio Flatlands until January 6, 2024. Just before an announcement for him to go to Brazil from America for donation to the tourist railroad in Brazil will occur this year. In January 13, 2024, Sandy Ghandi was on a ferry boat and departs from Orlando Harbor to the Rainforests of Brazil in March of 2024.