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Owner: Grand Trunk Western
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:GT 474 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:60319Order No:S-1259
Frame Number:26X30 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:12/1918
Notes:re# to 4070 in 1957
Other locos with this serial:  GTW 4070(2-8-2) CVSR 4070(2-8-2) CVL 4070(2-8-2) CBQ 4070(2-8-2) MRHF 4070(2-8-2)
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GTW 2-8-2 #4070 - Grand Trunk Western
Title:  GTW 2-8-2 #4070 - Grand Trunk Western
Description:  Great action shot of Grand Trunk Western 2-8-2 Mikado #4070. The loco was built by Alco-Schenectady in 1918 as GTW 474, later renumbered 3734 and finally in June of 1958 to #4070 seen here. The loco was retired from active duty in 1960 and sold to a private owner but bought back by the GTW in 1971. It was later donated to the Midwest Railway Preservation Society for use on its Cuyahoga Valley Line in the 1970's. In 1984 the tender was re-lettered to 'Burlington Route,' (aka CB&Q) for a cameo in the move "The Natural" with Robert Redford. Out of service since 1990, she is undergoing a long-term restoration to operable status in Cleveland. No location, date or photographer was listed so I chose a trip it made in 1968 from Chicago to South Bend, IN. as the setting.
Photo Date:  6/1/1968  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 7:11:09 AM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 2
Grand Truck Western 4070 Excursion
Title:  Grand Truck Western 4070 Excursion
Description:  Grand Trunk Western #4070 leaving donwtown Chicago on an excursion sometime between 1968 and 1969 (exact date unknown)
Photo Date:  6/1/1968  Upload Date: 5/25/2020 9:34:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Bob Stekl
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  767   Comments: 1
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description:  On one of Dick Jensens excursions in 1968. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/15/1968  Upload Date: 2/3/2010 11:57:54 PM
Location:  Munster, IN
Author:  Jeffery Reinert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1067   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 later CVL 4070
Title:  GTW 4070 later CVL 4070
Description:  From a postcard. Fifty years after it was built, in charge of an excursion at Sedley, Indiana. Designated as a class S-3-a by the railroad, 4070 was built as 3734 by Alco in Schenectady, NY.
Photo Date:  11/3/1968  Upload Date: 6/26/2012 2:46:28 PM
Location:  Sedley, IN
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2) CVL 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1167   Comments: 2
RDG 2102
Title:  RDG 2102
Description:  Very late and doomed steam excursion locomotive get towed backward toward Altoona by MG. 4070 would throw a rod later on the way back up.
Photo Date:  5/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 8:29:20 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Don Oltmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2102(4-8-4) GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  2255   Comments: 0
Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 arrived, backing a line of passenger cars down the Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 3:51:54 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  830   Comments: 0
Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 arrived, backing a line of passenger cars down the Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 4:05:31 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  771   Comments: 0
Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 arrived, backing a line of passenger cars down the Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 4:07:48 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102
Title:  Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 pound up Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 4:26:44 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2102(4-8-4) GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  878   Comments: 0
Cuyahoga 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Cuyahoga 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 pound up Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 4:35:57 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 pound up Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 11:01:59 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 pound up Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 11:00:55 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2) RDG 2102(4-8-4)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Title:  Allegheny 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070
Description:  At Horseshoe Curve on the afternoon of May 22, 1977, former Reading T-1 4-8-4 #2102 and GTW 2-8-2 #4070 pound up Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2017 10:59:12 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2102(4-8-4) GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
MRHF 4070
Title:  MRHF 4070
Description:  Midwest Railroad Historical Foundation 4070 (ex-GTW 4070)(Date approximate)
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 3/30/2012 5:25:36 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1098   Comments: 2
CB&Q 4070
Title:  CB&Q 4070
Description:  CB&Q 4070 (ex-GTW 4070 painted for the movie THE NATURAL) on CVSR
Photo Date:  9/24/1983  Upload Date: 4/7/2012 11:35:35 AM
Location:  Brecksville, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1310   Comments: 4
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description:  CVR 4070 form GTW rolls into Peninsula as a crowd gathers to board. Soon a mishap would shut down the 4070 and send it to Cleveland where it would spend the rest of its days awaiting a possible rebuild.
Photo Date:  5/17/1988  Upload Date: 9/5/2007 2:00:59 PM
Location:  Peninsula, OH
Author:  R J Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1223   Comments: 0
CVR 4070
Title:  CVR 4070
Description:  Cuyahoga Valley 4070 awaits as tourist wander around Akron before its return trip.
Photo Date:  6/12/1990  Upload Date: 9/5/2007 2:50:01 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  R J Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  2200   Comments: 0
Former Grand Trunk and Western #4070
Title:  Former Grand Trunk and Western #4070
Description:  Former Grand Trunk and Western #4070 sits with some of her drive wheels removed.The 4070 was built by American Locomotive (builders #60310) in Schenectady, NY for the Grand Trunk Western railroad. It is a USRA (United States Railroad Administration), light Mikado-type with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. There are two small wheels on the pony truck in front; eight large (63 inch) driving wheels in the middle, and two smaller wheels underneath the cab. The 4070 spent most of its working life in Michigan although GTW operations extended to Toledo, Ohio and into Indiana and Illinois. It even stood as the back-up engine to Harry Truman's presidential campaign train. The 4070 served the GTW well. March 27, 1960, was the official date of "dieselization" and the 4070 hauled her last GTW freight on March 29, 1960, which may have also been the last time the GTW ran steam freight. GTW sold 4070 and it sat in Michigan until 1966 when MRPS acquired it on a 5-year lease. It was moved to Chicago where it ran excursions from Chicago to Valparaiso and South Bend, IN in 1968 to celebrate its 50th birthday . After those trips, the 4070 made trips in various parts of Pennsylvania, eventually finding a home at Conneaut Lake Park. It spent several seasons there before returning to Cleveland and a temporary home underneath the Terminal Tower along with MRPS' passenger cars. In 1971, MRPS purchased the 4070 and, around 1975, it was moved to the roundhouse in Cleveland's "flats". In 1975, the MRPS began using the 4070 and its passenger cars on the newly-created Cuyahoga Valley Line. The excursion operation ran on weekends, leaving from a city park near the zoo and traveling, via the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks, to Hale Farm in Bath, Ohio, and onto Quaker Square in Akron. The 4070 continued to run on the Cuyahoga Valley Line until mechanical problems sidelined her in 1990. Few know that even though 4070 made her first run unassisted, she was being painted even while raising steam for the trip from Chicago to South Bend and that on that first run she ran into so many difficulties (having not had proper shakedown runs) that they almost blew her up from low water....She limped into Valpo dead slow so as to not slosh the water off the crown sheet at about ten PM with reduced fire and the injectors would not pick up. They had the hose up and into the tank before the train came to a complete stop. You should have heard that empty,revernberating "Boom" when the hatch hit the top of the tank being opened for the hose. There was a palpable sigh of relief when the injectors picked up and there was still an engine left. (that is the crucial moment.."cold" water on a hot crown sheet) The crew did a magnificent engine management job that day and few have ever said thanks to who ever they were.... She was lame too, and spent many subsequent trial getting the valve gear set right. After all the bugs were worked out, this became a wonderful excursion engine. The MRPS is hoping to restore her in the near future. This will require a hefty financial contribution, and good old fashion hard physical labor on the part of the MRPS members.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 1/8/2007 11:50:17 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Christopher Sieving
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1851   Comments: 0
4070 & Roundhouse
Title:  4070 & Roundhouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/19/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 6:43:25 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Gwennyth Patrick
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
The 4070
Title:  The 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 9:19:33 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  903   Comments: 2
GTW 4070s tender
Title:  GTW 4070s tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 9:58:10 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  693   Comments: 0
GTW 4070s tender
Title:  GTW 4070s tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 9:47:19 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
A parts tender at MRPS for the 4070s tender
Title:  A parts tender at MRPS for the 4070s tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/5/2011 9:44:23 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
Grand Trunk Western 4070
Title:  Grand Trunk Western 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2011  Upload Date: 3/2/2022 2:10:41 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Niko B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 as it currently sits in the roundhouse.
Title:  GTW 4070 as it currently sits in the roundhouse.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 6:55:12 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 6:57:02 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
GTW 4070's drivers
Title:  GTW 4070's drivers
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 6:58:44 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  754   Comments: 2
GTW 4070 gets visiters attention
Title:  GTW 4070 gets visiters attention
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 7:00:39 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  892   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 sits in the roundhouse.
Title:  GTW 4070 sits in the roundhouse.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 7:07:33 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
GTW 4070's cab
Title:  GTW 4070's cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 7:09:38 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:14:49 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  823   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 on the turntable(2)
Title:  GTW 4070 on the turntable(2)
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:16:19 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
A roster shot of GTW 4070
Title:  A roster shot of GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:19:31 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  590   Comments: 1
My favorite shot of this album.
Title:  My favorite shot of this album.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:04:42 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:08:40 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  554   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 on the turntable(1)
Title:  GTW 4070 on the turntable(1)
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 6:06:37 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1350   Comments: 0
GTW 4070 on display at a MRPS toys for tots event.
Title:  GTW 4070 on display at a MRPS toys for tots event.
Description:  Great news, work has began again to work on restoring this engine.
Photo Date:  1/19/2012  Upload Date: 1/19/2012 10:49:19 AM
Location:  Berea, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:27:36 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  453   Comments: 3
GTW 4070 is missing something.
Title:  GTW 4070 is missing something.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:29:26 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 2
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:32:05 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:34:18 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:36:24 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:39:36 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  1687   Comments: 6
I'm excited at the prospect of seeing this run again.
Title:  I'm excited at the prospect of seeing this run again.
Description:  I've got a few low budget photos of it back in the late 80s.
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:51:58 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Open door policy at the roundhouse today.
Title:  Open door policy at the roundhouse today.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 4:41:36 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
GTW 4070
Title:  GTW 4070
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/2013  Upload Date: 3/3/2022 5:23:54 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Niko B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Grand Trunk Western #4070
Title:  Grand Trunk Western #4070
Description:  In several pieces, but still retains her builder's plate.
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 1/8/2014 1:03:41 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Grand Trunk Western #4070
Title:  Grand Trunk Western #4070
Description:  I had so many factors going against me to get this shot, and it didn't even turn out well.
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 1/8/2014 1:06:30 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Grand Trunk Western #4070
Title:  Grand Trunk Western #4070
Description:  These guys have a long way to go before this locomotive is operational again, but they know what they're doing.
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 1/8/2014 1:08:07 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Grand Trunk Western #4070
Title:  Grand Trunk Western #4070
Description:  Her cab was one of the few things intact when I was there, I have no idea if it is now.
Photo Date:  9/14/2013  Upload Date: 1/8/2014 1:09:47 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  GTW 4070(2-8-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0


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