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Everett Railroad Company No. 11 is a 2-6-0 "Mogul" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in October 1920, originally for export to Cuba. When plans to export the locomotive to Cuba fell through, it was sold in March 1923 to the Narragansett Pier Railroad in Peace Dale, RI where it operated until 1937 when the Narragansett Pier Railroad began retiring all of their steam locomotives in favor of a Plymouth Locomotive Works gasoline switcher locomotives. Originally built as an oil burner, it was later converted to a coal burner. It was later sold in 1938 to the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad in Hammondsport, NY and operated there until its retirement from regular service in 1949.

In 1955, preservationist Stanley A. Groman purchased No. 11 for a new museum that was planned in Sandy Pond, New York, to be called Rail City. No. 11 was restored and hauled tourist trains on a 1-mile circle line at Rail City until the mid-1970s, when declining patronage forced its closure, therefore No. 11 was retired for a second time in 1972. By 1977, the Narragansett Pier Railroad was owned by John Miller, a dentist who lived in Newtown, Connecticut, and planned to redevelop the railroad as a museum. Miller announced his intention to reacquire No. 11 from Rail City for passenger excursions

In 1981, it later was sold again to the Middletown & New Jersey Railroad in Middletown, NY, but would never operate on that line. In 2006, it was finally sold to the Everett Railroad Company in Hollidaysburg, PA and later restored to operating condition in October 2015. As of today, it is still operational and used in excursion service at the Everett Railroad between Hollidaysburg and the wye at Martinsburg Junction. In March 2022, it was converted from burning coal back to burning oil.

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