When returned to the museum, the locomotive sat idle for several years.

To her left side sits a locomotive depicting the mode of transportation prevalent at the time.

The locomotive sits on display south of the Steamtown shops.

However the swap was never completed and the locomotive sits derelict without an engine.

The locomotive sat on the unusual Bulleid-Firth-Brown wheels, which were lighter, yet stronger, than the spoked equivalent.

The surplus was so great at one point that 6,000 locomotives were sitting idle.

The locomotive has sat idle inside the museum, quietly awaiting its return to steam and possible future travels.

But most locomotives still sit idle about 40 percent of the time, and some rail cars sit idle half the time.

Downstairs, three light blue locomotives with paintings of puffing tugboats and engines on their cabs sat in a dark machine shop.

Both locomotives sit at the museum today, along with many other regional railroad equipment.