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A few years ago my wife was in an antique shop and came across this pair of pictures mounted in a small ornate wooden frame. She didn't know anything about the subject other than it was train and she liked the frame. I am not sure what she paid but was likely only a few dollars.

Someone more versed in the history of 999 might better determine what year this was taken. It appears it was in the process of being moved, perhaps to Chicago or maybe some other location for display.

 

Someone had simply used masking tape to join the pictures. I edited them to show the individual pics.

 

 

NYC_999_2

 

 

NYC_999_side

 

 

NYC_999_Front

 

Pete

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I have no idea of the location but before NYC donated the engine to the museum in Chicago, they took it to various events as a display. In 1959 it went to the Kentucky Railway Museum for several weeks and it arrived with the rods off, as in the photos. I think they did this to make the engine moves easier. The rods were in the tender but were not re-attached while it was at KRM. Somewhere, I have a slide of it at KRM.

It would be interesting to see if it was renumbered 999 when it was at the Kentucky RR Museum. I found an entry in Wikipedia for 999. I was surprised to learn the number was changed twice (3 times if you include return to the original number) and that it was in service until 1952. MTH's model seems pretty accurate. Maybe if the rereleased it they would include two pilots with the drawbar and later coupler included.

 

Pete

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