Preservation
Number 463, was sold to cowboy actor and singer Gene Autry in May 1955. Autry never used the Mudhen and donated it to the City of Antonito, Colorado. It was restored by and entered into service on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in 1994. It was taken out of service with a broken side rod in 2002. In 2009, it was moved to the railroad's shop at Chama, New Mexico where a major rebuild is underway. 463 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as Engine No. 463.
The other K-27 in existence is 464. It sat outside in Durango, Colorado during the 1960s and was sold to Knott's Berry Farm in 1973. It saw little or no use there, in part because of its condition and in part because of the counterweight clearance problem described above. The Huckleberry Railroad in Flint, Michigan, acquired the locomotive in 1981, did an eight-year restoration on it, and put it into active service.
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Famous quotes containing the word preservation:
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—Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)
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—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)