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The Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad of Marion, Illinois was a steam powered freight railroad from October 18, 1977 to September 8, 1986. The CO&E used two steamers: 2-4-2 #5 (Porter 7995, 1946) and 2-8-0 #17 (CLC 1959, 1940). The 2-8-0 was used EXCLUSIVELY in REVENUE FREIGHT SERVICE from mid-July, 1979 until September 8, 1986. The reasoning for retiring the steamer was that the drypipe collpased on September 8, 1986 while switching coal hoppers for new traffic that had just started that day. To my knowledge, the CO&E was the LAST railroad in the United States to run a steam locomotive PRIMARILY and EXCLUSIVELY for reveune freight service. Edward Bridges Unofficial historian of the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Former CO&E Employee: 1986-1987 Group owner: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrabOrchardandEgyptianRailroad
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