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#7 on public display at the Henry Ford Museum.

Wayne County Roads Commission #7 is a 2' narrow gauge 0-4-0 Saddletank locomotive built by the Davenport Locomotive Works of Davenport Iowa in 1922 (builders number is 1898)

In 1922, It was purchased by Michigan's Wayne County Road Commission and was put into service as a switch engine along with 6 other Locomotives of the same type.

In 1927, the #7 and her sisters were retired, with most of the Locomotives being scrapped. However, #7, along with her sister engine Frisco Silver Dollar Line No. 9, were purchased by Henry Ford and for many years had been on static display at the Henry Ford Museum.

Today, the locomotive is now located on static display inside the new Dearborn Amtrak station.

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