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NEW PICS - 11/5/07
2-8-4 #763

NEW PICS - 9/18/07
2-8-0 #33

NEW PICS - 9/18/07
4-6-2 #1293

4-8-4 #6325

4-6-0 #1551

2-8-0 #13

0-4-0 #3

4-6-2 #1278

2-6-0 #96

OHCR #1551

Built for: Canadian Northern Railway System as #1354
Corp. merger: 01/1923 to Canadian National Railway Company Renumbered 1551 in January 1956
Sale: 09/1961 to F. Nelson Blount at North Walpole, NH
In 1966 moved to Bellows Falls, VT
Death: 08/1967 to F. Nelson Blount estate
Donation: 10/1969 to Steamtown Foundation at Bellows Falls, VT
Trade: 01/1986 to Jerry J. Jacobson (traded 0-6-0 #3 ex-Baldwin Locomotive Works plant switcher ... now numbered 26)
1986 moved to Youngstown, OH for restoration
06/1988 moved to Coshocton, OH

The work horse of the Ohio Central Railroad, 1551 was originally built as number 1354. She was built in April 1912, the same month that the Titanic went down. Among the Titanic's passenger manifest, was the President of the Canadian Northern Railway. How ironic, the man for whos road the locomotive was built, never saw it run.

1551 was used in Montreal's commuter pool until her last overhaul in 1954. She was then used at Barrie, Ontario for branch line protection until her retirement in 1958. Purchased by F. Nelson Blount for Steamtown, restoration efforts began but were halted and the locomotive stored. In 1986, Jerry Joe Jacobson traded his Jackson Iron & Steel Company (JISCO) 0-6-0 #3 to Steamtown for 4-6-0 #1551. Once the Baldwin Locomotive Works shop switcher, today the 0-6-0 is Steamtown's #26 and hauls visitors around the Steamtown facility.

Ohio Central shop forces returned the ten-wheeler to service in 1989. Since that time, 1551 has pulled over one million passengers on Ohio Central passenger trains. She is affectionately known as "Puff" by the Sugarcreek staff.

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