Image: Mid-Continent Railway Museum 7-2016 Consumers Company No. 701

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Description: Consumers Company #701 was built by the Schenectady works of American in 1914 for Chicago & Illinois Western. In 1931 she was sold to Consumers Co. and in 1959 was donated to the Railway Historical Society of Milwaukee which soon became Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society. #701 was the first steam locomotive in Mid-Continent’s collection and was moved to Hillsboro, Wisconsin in 1962 where she was joined by #1385 for the museum’s first season. #701 was moved to North Freedom in 1963 when the museum acquired the property there.
Title: Mid-Continent Railway Museum 7-2016 Consumers Company No. 701
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