My Uncle originally restored that locomotive in Chehalis, WA in the 70’s after it had been long retired from service at
Inland Empire Paper in Spokane, WA.
For years it had been kept at the end of our coal dock spur.
The spur had a grade which allowed for gravity spotting the different bays of open hoppers.
The spur also had a warehouse where my family stored drilling mud, often delivered in Dresser Magcobar boxcars.
One day, one of these loaded cars was spotted by a UP local crew that didn’t set the handbrake properly and the car busted loose right into the rear of the tiny #924’s tender, shoving it off the end of the spur into the driveway of the Redi-Mix plant where it was kept.
My Uncle once again fixed her up, in time to meet the Canadian Govt’s Royal Hudson traveling in the US, South through Chehalis in July of ‘77, I believe.
I’ll see if I can dig up pictures later.
The warehouse behind the locomotive is where we stored the drilling mud.
I'm reasonably certain that is my Uncle knelt down by the side rod.
The Open Truss building in the background behind the tender is the overflow storage for Coal that wouldn't be taken to the retail yard.
Our unloading trestle was just at the far end of that building. We'd open the gate, fill the truck, pull forward, back in and then dump/repeat.
I'm sure many have seen my model of that trestle.
