Pittsburg Steam Engine Finding New Home
Assocaited Press - Sun 11:34 AM 09/09/2012
For more than 55 years, old Number 1023 has been a familiar sight at a Pittsburg park, a reminder of the city's railroad heritage and bygone era.
For more than 55 years, old Number 1023 has been a familiar sight at a Pittsburg park, a reminder of the city's railroad heritage and bygone era.
Today crews will begin the process of moving the retired steam engine from the park to its new home in Cherokee County, where it will be refurbished and placed on display as part of a railroad museum.
The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that the engine had fallen in disrepair in recent years. The city commissions voted in December to let Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Museum in Carona take custody of the ailing engine.
Moving the engine will require extra care for the transport crews. They have built a special trailer to carry the 120-ton behemoth that last saw duty in 1955.
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