Not much is certain regarding this coal
burning narrow gauge (36”) 0-4-0T
locomotive on display in Kentwood, MI.
It was built by the Vulcan Iron Works in
Wilkes-Barre, PA, in 1916 as #28 for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal
Mining Department, a subsidiary of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. It worked at the Loomis Colliery in Plymouth,
PA. When the department was sold to the
Glen Alden Coal Company, it was renumbered #9 and worked at the Wanamie Colliery in Wanamie, PA. Rebuilt with a new boiler by Vulcan in 1949, it worked into the 1960s.
I have not been able to locate anything regarding its technical details.
#28 is on display with Norfolk & Western Class C30 Steel
Cupola Caboose #530325.
It was built for the Virginian by the St. Louis Car Company in 1949 as #325. The Virginian was merged into the Norfolk & Western in 1959.