Bring HEPC #46 back to Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls Railway Museum needs your help. In September 1920, the American Locomotive Company (Cooke Works) built an 0-4-0ST (0 lead wheels, 4 drive wheels, 0 trailing wheels, saddle tank) steam locomotive for use in the construction of the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station (Queenston-Chippawa Project). In 1922, the engine changed hands, as it has done many times over the years.
HEPC #46 (serial #62557) is the last of the Hydro Electric Power Commission steam locomotives, making it significant not only to the railway history of Niagara Falls, but to Hydro power history as well. #46 has been operated and preserved over the years, and now spends its time up north. The current owners are not, however, able to take the time to maintain it. The engine is currently not in operating condition.
It is a goal of the Niagara Falls Railway Museum to bring #46 back home for public display, and we need your help. The cost of moving this engine to Niagara Falls will be significant. We are asking for your assistance in helping to bring this very historic piece of railway equipment back home to Niagara Falls.
We are accepting donations of any amount, however, for a donation of $50 to the project, you will receive an 8"x10" framed print of #46 (when it gets a new coat of paint) along with your name on our Locomotive #46 Project donor wall. Please help us to bring this small engine back home, and support a part of Niagara's history.
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