From Trains News Wire
Jackson, Mich, sells locomotive for restoration, use on Pennsylvania's Colebrookdale Railroad, 1/18/21
The Jackson, Mich., city council has voted to sell former Grand Trunk Western 4-6-2 No. 5030, which has been on display in North Lawn Park for more than 60 years, to the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust in Pennsylvania. MLive.com reports the trust will pay $50,000 over five years for the locomotive. The 1912 Montreal Locomotive Works engine, a light Pacific, was donated to the city in 1957. It has been on display since, but city officials acknowledge they do not have the funds to continue to maintain the locomotive. The Colebrookdale Railroad, a 9-mile operation in Boyertown, Pa., has been seeking a steam locomotive for its tourist operation. It is themed around the early part of the 20th century. Colebrookdale will transport the locomotive to Pennsylvania for overhaul; the move and overhaul may cost $2 million. — Wayne Laepple