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Duluth & Northeastern 28 is a 2-8-0 (''consolidation'') locomotive built in 1906 by the Pittsburgh Works of American Locomotive Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. == History == thumb It was built for the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern Railway as number 332; one of 32 locomotives of the C3 class built between 1905 and 1907. In 1937 it passed to the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway on the merger of the DM&N with the Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road. In 1955 locomotives 332 and 348 (also a C3) were sold to the Duluth & Northeastern, and renumbered 28 and 27 respectively. D&NE 28 saw regular service on the D&NE between Cloquet, Saginaw, and Duluth, Minnesota. It was one of only five remaining steam locomotives for the D&NE by 1964, when dieselization was eliminating the use of steam. D&NE retained #28, and used it for only special excursions until 1965. It was then put in storage in Cloquet. In 1974, the locomotive was cleaned, repainted, and donated to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. There it was on static display until December 2011, where the locomotive was returned to Cloquet for cosmetic restoration. , it's being restored in Duluth to operating condition (replacing Soo Line 2719 on the North Shore Scenic Railroad). Sister engine D&NE 27 is displayed at the Carlton County Fairgrounds, Barnum, Minnesota, while DM&N 347 (another C3 locomotive) is displayed at the Museum of Mining, Chisholm, Minnesota. D&NE #28 is currently being restored to operating condition by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. It was being restored in Cloquet, MN by the Cloquet Terminal Railroad until late summer of 2014. Locomotive #28 is now being completed at the shops of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duluth & Northeastern 28」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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