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The 4501 was purchased from salvage in Stearn's, KY by Paul Merriman in the late 60's. He rebuilt it and moved it to TN under its own power and donated it to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (tvrail.com) in Chatanooga where it went into excursion service. It's a wonderful story about a man's conviction to keep steam alive. Find the book "Locomotive 4501" by David Morgan in 1968. Great reading and lots of pictures. I picked a few copies up at abebooks.com <br /> <br />Currently the 4501 is under shed in need of a new boiler. Quite pricey. Apparently trackage rights have been limited and there would only be two excursions a year that the 4501 would even be fired up. Not a lot of opportunity to recover the expense. <br /> <br />The last time the 4501 was under steam was for the filming of the movie October Sky in 1999. It was painted in the black livery for the movie.
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