"The design of the locomotive was scaled down by an old timer named Gene Allen about 60 years ago from a prototype Wabash loco built around the turn of the last century. I bought drawings from Gene and some wheel, cylinder and various other castings about 15 years ago. I changed the design from a Mogul (2-6-0) to a Ten Wheeler (4-6-0).I did all the machine work, built the boiler and finally assembled and ran the locomotive after 13 years of many hours of "spare" time. Great fun!!"
