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98 on a caboose hop.

Wilmington & Western 98 is a 4-4-0 American type locomotive

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Engine 98 was built by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, N.Y., in January 1909.She worked in passenger service on the Mississippi Central before being retired in December 1944. Paulsen Spence purchased No. 98 in 1947 for the Comite Southern, and later the Louisiana Eastern. She was purchased for the Wilmington & Western in 1960 and returned to service in 1972. In 1979, she hauls excursions on the Wilmington & Western. It is currently undergoing an overhaul.

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